Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reportedly ignoring a BJP worker's question on the middle class' struggle with the taxation policy, saying forget a Press meet, he cannot even hold a poll booth workers' conference.
Rahul Gandhi was apparently referring to an incident that took place last week during Modi's interaction with "booth workers" from northern districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. He also said "BJP-vetted" questions is a superb idea, but the party should also "consider vetted answers".
The Congress chief cited a media report that claimed Modi faced embarrassing moments during his interaction with BJP workers from Tamil Nadu when a worker sought to know why his administration was busy collecting taxes from the middle class but not interested in taking care of them.
The report claimed that the prime minister during his video interaction chose not to answer the question raised by the worker and continued with his interaction by switching to Puducherry.
Taking a jibe at the prime minister, the Congress chief tweeted: "Vanakam Puducherry! That's NoMo's answer to the struggling middle class. Forget a press conference he can't even string together a polling booth worker's conference."
On reports that the BJP will filter questions from workers to Prime Minister Modi following the incident, the Gandhi scion said, "BJP-vetted questions is a superb idea. Consider vetted answers as well."
The Congress president has been criticising Modi for not holding a press conference during his tenure. Earlier this month, Rahul had posted pictures from a press conference he held and tweeted saying the prime minister should try one someday as it is fun to be asked questions. Even former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week remarked that though he was tagged as silent PM but he was never afraid of talking to the Press and he used to conduct a media interaction every time he returned from foreign visits.