PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for using central agencies such as CBI, ED and IT against opposition leaders across the country and said that PM Modi has brought the story of ‘Parmatma’ to save himself from these agencies after the Lok Sabha elections.
“You know why he (Modi) has brought this story of ‘Parmatma’ (God)? Because after the Lok Sabha elections, when ED will ask Narendra Modi about Adani, he will say, I don’t know, I was asked to do so by ‘Parmatma’,” Rahul said while addressing a rally in Patna Saib Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
He asked PM Modi to stop talking about such things in his election speeches.
“Stop giving long speeches and deviding the country. First, tell me how many jobs you have given to the people of Bihar and to the country in the last 10 years,” Rahul asserted.
The Congress leader further claimed that Modi would not remain the PM after the election results come out on June 4.
“You can note it down that Narendra Modi is not going to become the PM for the next term,” he said to the gathering amid applause from the crowd.
He claimed that there was a ‘toofan’ (wave) in favour of the ‘INDIA’ bloc in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier, in another rally in Bihar, Gandhi said that if ‘INDIA’ bloc comes to power, each woman member of a family would have Rs.8,500 deposited to their accounts per month. He also reiterated the promise of jobs for graduates in the country.
He also announced that if the alliance is voted to power, they would scrap the ‘Agniveer’ scheme and restore the earlier provision of appointment which ensures permanent appointment to soldiers.
Unemployment and price rise are the two main issues to be addressed on a priority level at the centre, Gandhi said adding that the 30 lakh posts lying vacant in different departments of the union government will be filled up after the formation of the INDIA coalition government.
“Tejashwi Yadav has given 5 lakh jobs to people in Bihar... the INDIA government at the centre will fill around 30 lakh posts lying vacant... We will do it soon after the results of the Lok Sabha elections are declared," he said.
Congress has fielded Anshul Avijit as its candidate from the Patna Sahib seat, which is considered a BJP bastion. He is pitted against veteran parliamentarian and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is seeking his re-election from the seat. In 2014 and 2019, Shatrughna Singh of BJP had won from the seat.
