BJP slams Rahul Gandhi; says Congress does not want that the farmer-government talks should succeed

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, January 19

Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi over his attack on the Narendra Modi government over the farm laws and national security, the ruling BJP on Tuesday accused him and the Congress of trying to scuttle the ongoing talks between the government and farmer unions.

Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the Congress does not want the talks to succeed and had resorted to “obstructive tactics”.

He also attacked its booklet “Kheti ka khoon” saying that it proved the Congress party’s “special love for ‘khoon’ (blood)”.

Referring to killings during the partition, 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Bhagalpur riots, he said it was hypocritical of Gandhi to be talking about ‘kheti ka khoon’ when Congress has blood on its hands of farmers who committed suicide during Congress rule, lakhs of people who died during the partition and of Sikhs during the 1984 riots.

Javadekar said farmers have suffered due to “destructive” policies of the Congress while the Modi government empowered them with its “pro-farmer policies”.

Taking a swipe at Gandhi over his claim that food prices will rise due to the government’s policies, he said over 80 crore people are getting rice and wheat at subsidised rates of Rs 3 and Rs 2 respectively.

On Gandhi’s attack on the government over China’s alleged incursion into India, Javadeka questioned, “Why does he not answer on China…Who gave away land to China…Under whose rule did Aksai Chin go out of India’s hands…Who took money from China for a private trust….Who gave away India’s UNSC permanent seat to China”.

Accusing him of running away from the questions asked by BJP president JP Nadda, Javadekar said Gandhi displayed his “usual indecency” while referring to the chief of the party.

On Gandhi’s charge that three-four people enjoy a monopoly in the economy, Javadekar said during the Congress rule that one family ran the country while under the Modi government people are in power.