Rahul rips into Modi, brands him a failure

Congress vice-president accuses PM of ‘peeping into others’ bathrooms’ and using fiery speeches to hoodwink the masses

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi yesterday ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “peeping into others’ bathrooms” and said he was a complete failure.

Gandhi, along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, was speaking to reporters after releasing a common minimum programme of the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance for the polls, when he launched the attack.

“The Prime Minister is fond of Google searching, peeping into others’ bathrooms. Let him do that in his free time but his main job is that of a Prime Minister in which he has been a cent per cent failure,” Gandhi said.

Gandhi’s jibe came a day after Modi, while campaigning in the poll bound state, mocked the Congress leader for being the “most joked about politician”. The Prime Minister had earlier attracted the wrath of the Congress over his “bathing wearing a raincoat” barb at his predecessor Manmohan Singh.

The duo accused Modi of “distracting people from his failures” using fiery speeches trying to hoodwink people

“The country’s biggest problem is lack of jobs. Modi promised [20 million] jobs but has not fulfilled even 1 per cent of his promise. Modi talks a lot about security, terrorism and surgical strikes. But the result is While hailing the successful test-firing of an interceptor missile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday took pot shots at the Congress party saying they would ask for proof of the test.

Addressing an election rally in Uttarakhand, he also said that more than the business class, the corrupt ways of politicians had harmed the country. He asserted his government’s war against corruption would continue. In Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun, Modi lashed out at the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government for sheltering criminals.

“You hear news about some country developing missiles with range of 5,000 km or 8,000 km. Last month, you must have heard the news of Pakistan developing a missile that can destroy the Andaman Islands. But let me tell you, India has no dearth of missiles. And today, our scientists have achieved a feat which has made the entire country proud,” Modi said. “The missile test fired today can intercept incoming missiles and destroy them 150 km into the sky. Only four or five countries so far have achieved this feat,” said Modi. we have suffered most number of casualties in the last seven years. Over 90 of our security personnel have been killed,” said Gandhi.

He was referring to the Indian Army’s September 29, 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistan administered territory.