There’s no letting up in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s attack against the Modi Government. In yet another scathing attack on the ruling dispensation, the former Congress chief on Tuesday questioned the Narendra Modi-led Government over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
At the same time, accusing the Centre of trying to topple State Governments in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in the middle of a pandemic, Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “Achievements of the government during the corona period: February — Hello Trump Government dropped in March-MPApril — Candle BurningMay — 6th government anniversaryJune — Virtual rally in BiharJuly — Rajasthan government tries to topple.”
Taking to Twitter, Rahul raised questions over priorities of the Modi Government amid the fight against coronavirus pandemic. “That is why the country is ‘self-sufficient’ in the Battle of Corona,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted as he took a dig at the Modi Government.
Rahul had last week attacked the BJP and accused it of “institutionalising lies” over Covid-19 deaths, GDP figures and the Chinese aggression at the border.
Hitting out at the BJP over the rise in the number of deaths due to Covid-19, he had said India will pay its price when the “illusion” is shattered.
Rahul has been attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the face-off with China too. On Monday, he said Narendra Modi had come to power with the help of a ‘fabricated strongman image’ but now that image of a leader with a 56-inch chest was under attack from China.
Rahul, in his second video put on social media in a week, claimed that China may be thinking on a larger scale of “doing something with Pakistan in Kashmir” and wanted to improve its tactical position in areas such as Demchok, Galwan and Pangong Lake.
In the first video the Gandhi scion had said the Prime Minister’s blunders, fragile economy, troubled neighbourhood and a weak foreign policy had prompted China to act.
“PM fabricated a fake strongman image to come to power. It was his biggest strength. It is now India’s biggest weakness,” Rahul said in his video.
Commenting on the recent India-China border face-off in the Ladakh region, the Congress leader claimed it was not just a border issue but designed to put pressure on Modi.
“And what they are doing is that they are attacking his image. They understand that in order for Narendra Modi to be an effective politician; in order for Narendra Modi to survive as a politician, he has to protect the idea of “chhappan inch” (56-inch chest). And this is the real idea the Chinese are attacking,” the Congress leader said.