Making a sharp attack on Saturday against Rahul Gandhi, who has been repeatedly targeting the government and prime minister on issues ranging from farm laws to disengagement in Pangong Tso, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called the congressional leader the “Man of the Doomsday of India” and said he has been “continually insulting the constitutionally elected authorities”, saying “things that will degrade India” and has been constructing “false narratives”.
Responding to the Lok Sabha debate on the Union budget, Sitharaman, responding to Gandhi’s comments accusing the BJP-led government of crony capitalism and for pursuing a policy of ‘Hum Do, Hamare Do’, Sitharaman responded saying that the “cronies are hiding behind the party that was rejected by the people” and for the BJP government, the cronies are the “common people” of the country.
Addressing the Gandhi family without giving names, he said: “Hum Do, Hamare Do is this: we are two people taking care of the party and there are two other people… the daughter and the ‘damad’. We, the BJP government, don’t do that. “
Referring to the ‘damad’, he claimed that the land had been taken from small farmers in Rajasthan and Haryana under the congressional government at cheap prices. “Where are the buddies? They are probably hiding in the shadow of that party that has been rejected by the people. The shadows that were even invited to develop a port … were invited. No open tenders, no global tenders, ”he said.
Rahul Gandhi, he told the House, had been creating “false narratives”, “humiliating India” and had “joined the group to break the image of India”.
“The Opposition, which has to ask questions about the government, is doing it. I am afraid that he has become India’s Doomsday Man … The tendencies of Congress, in creating false narratives and creating an institution to be misused by his cronies, makes it clear that his faith in the democratically elected parliament is over, “he said.
While targeting Gandhi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, some congressional MPs protested, but others remained silent. When TMC MP Saugata Roy was offended by some of her comments, Sitharaman asked her why she “flinched” before Congress.
After criticizing Gandhi for “violating constitutional properties” by not speaking about the budget during the debate, he said he had ten questions for him.
“I want to ask him 10 questions, which I thought he would answer while ‘laying the groundwork’ for his budget speech,” he said, addressing the congressional deputy who had said he was “laying the groundwork” for the budget debate by raising the farmers problem.
He said he wanted to know from Congress why it had taken a 180 degree turn after taking a position on the CMPA in its 2019 election manifesto.
He said Gandhi had not explained why the congressional governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh did not give up agricultural loans, as promised in their manifestos.
He asked why congressional governments had not withdrawn the farm laws they called “black” and if the leader of Congress had asked party governments to announce relief for farmers in their respective states.
“I thought that after the prime minister spoke about small farmers, he (Gandhi) would announce that he had told his brother-in-law to return the land that he had taken from the small farmers. The Prime Minister summoned Dr. Manmohan Singh. Why has Congress forgotten Manmohan Singh’s statements? ” she said.
He said no APMC has been closed in any state. Let him test if any APMC is closed. The budget foresees that Rs 30 billion, which will be raised through the agricultural development infrastructure, will go to the states to improve the infrastructure of APMC ”.
Referring to Gandhi’s decision to make his party members remain silent to pay tribute to farmers during his speech on Thursday, he asked why Gandhi, who in the past had broken an ordinance issued by the Congress-led UPA , continued to insult the constitutional authorities. “He is insulting everyone … be it president, prime minister or spokesman … constantly lying and insulting the country,” he said.
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