The BJP on Wednesday said while it wants to see the country “rooted in its heritage” flying high and making infinite progress, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was maligning the country's image and “sowing seeds of hatred.”
The BJP was reacting to the Congress leader's comments over the use of bulldozers in riot-hit areas of Delhi and States like Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The Congress leader had in a tweet urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off "bulldozers of hate" and switch on power plants.
Responding to a question on Rahul's comments, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said in reference to the Opposition party, "This is all you can expect from someone whose history is linked to corruption and riots."
Thakur was addressing a press conference here, giving details about 25,000 programmes and events which were carried out across the country till April 18 to celebrate the ‘Aside ka Amrita Mahotsav’ which included giving due recognition to the “unsung heroes” of the country who he said were sidelined as the “focus” thus far was only on a few in the country.
On the comments of Rahul Gandhi who attacked the Government over the use of bulldozers in violence-hit areas of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, Thakur said the Congress leader was “doing no good to the country.”
Apart from the issue of bulldozers, Rahul Gandhi also raised the issue of coal shortage in the country and shared a report saying that India stares at outages as coal stocks at power plants hit a low.
"Eight years of big talk has resulted in India having only 8 days of coal stocks," Rahul said on Twitter. "He is doing no good to the country by sowing the seeds of hatred. He is maligning the country's image," Thakur said answering a query on Rahul’s comment.
The BJP leader also hit back at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for accusing the ruling party of instigating riots and saying that its headquarters should be bulldozed.
It is a party which goes to the extent of compromising with terrorists and separatists for power, Thakur alleged saying “what to say about them”. The question was on AAP’s charge that the BJP was a party of “hooligans.”
Thakur responded saying that politics is meant to change society with ideology and policies but some people are determined to lower its standards, he said adding “give them wisdom”.
Since launch of 'Azadi ka amrit mahotsav' by Prime Minister in Sabarmati on March 12, 2021,coinciding with Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi march, over 25,000 events have been held across country and abroad by April 18 this year of which Central Government departments have organised 8,616 programmes and 9,516 were accounted for by States and Union Territories.
Thakur said the Modi Government has worked towards an India that is “rooted in its heritage” and flies high making progress in the infinite.