Following the EC clean chit, the Congress on Thursday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for slamming its Government in Haryana by levelling false allegations over the land deal involving Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra.
Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma alleged that Modi was “embarrassing” the position of the Prime Minister by repeatedly making “false allegations” and that he should stop doing it.
“The BJP has egg on its face after the EC’s order. Narendra Modi, being the Prime Minister of the country, gave a very irresponsible statement and made allegations against Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda,” Sharma said.
Maintaining that it “belittles” the high post if somebody in the seat of Prime Minister keeps making false allegations, Sharma said that Modi should apologise to Hooda. Alleging that Modi continues with his “shoot and scoot policy” as he was doing as an Opposition leader, Sharma said, “It does not behove a Prime Minister to be caught repeatedly making false statements...It is a matter of concern if the Prime Minister of India has this mentality.”
Modi had on Monday asked the EC to take a serious note of Hooda Government clearing the land deal between Vadra and DlF, alleging it was done hastily as the ruling Congress faced “certain defeat” in the Assembly polls.