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RaGa rackes up GST, DeMo, Jr Shah

PNS

On the second day of his visit to poll-bound Gujarat, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi kept on firing salvo on ruling BJP over the issues of GST, demonetisation, unprecedented growth of a company belonging to Amit Shah’s son Jay and Prime Minister Modi.

On Saturday, the Congress vice-president traverse trough North and Central Gujarat regions and held corner meetings at various places. He raised Rafale deal issue saying that when Modi was in for the deal, the Defence Minister was in Goa, buying fish.

“Why didn’t you raise cost of Rafale planesIJ The contract was given to your businessman friend. Why it was doneIJ Did you take permission from Cabinet Committee on SecurityIJ” he asked questions to Prime Minister adding that if he wouldn’t get answer, he will raise the same questions in the parliament.

It is worth mentioning that the Congress leader was talking in reference to India’s government to government pact with France in 2015 for purchase of 36 Rafale jets in a fly-away condition. Previously, India has been holding talks with France for purchase of 126 jets since Atal Behari Vajpayee Government at the Centre.

Earlier, he paid visit to mourning family of former Member of Parliament Mirza Irshad Baig who recently passed away in Ahmedabad. later on his way to Dehgam in North Gujarat he visited former Chief Minister Madhavsinh Solanki who lost his wife a month ago. Madhavsinh is the father of Gujarat Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki.