Congress on Tuesday alleged the BJP has mastered the art of creating fake news to sensationalise the non issues over the real issues, the country is faced with during the tenure of Modi regime. The Opposition party also asked whether any of the investigative agencies that are "quick to investigate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political opponents" will look into "opaque transactions" of the Adani Group.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said Rahul Gandhi is a leading member of India’s politics, as a member of India’s Party in power earlier, the Congress Party and as a leading member of the opposition, he has consistently stood for and espoused the cause of the common man.
“He is a four-time elected MP and when he speaks in Cambridge about a world that is strife ridden with diversions, that is strife ridden with tension and what an important role India can play in that world, he is actually lauding the Indian democracy; he is actually, being a flag bearer of the values that our nation is built on, when he talks about Mahatma Gandhi and the values of our constitution and the foundation of our country, he is actually bringing India, a lot of pride and that is a matter of great pride for India,” Shrinate said. “I don’t understand, where it stems from, but, the BJP’s oppositions is either ignorance or completely contrived politics, both of which have no place in a democracy. The ruling party at the Centre belives that they are eternal which is not the case in a vibrant democracy like India. They are peddling fake news and spreading false propaganda against the Opposition parties and the Congress in particular,” Shrinate said.
The grand old party alleged that it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has gone ahead and spoken much words, washed dirty linen in India and abroad, made useless, baseless allegations against India’s political echo system, against political opposition, when he was traveling overseas.
“To the extent that in 2015, while in Shanghai, while on the Chinese soil, he had said that the people in this country curse their destiny, why they were born in India and so that charge did not hold true,” she added.
Congress also raised questions over what it said were Adani Group's "shenanigans" in the power sector, alleging that it was powering the BJP's electoral fortunes at the expense of Indian consumers.