Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi in poll speech, accuses him of insulting Army

Former Congress president and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday addressed a rally in Bihar and said that the Prime Minister has insulted the Army by lying about the Chinese intrusion.

Citing example of a speech made by PM Modi earlier in the day, Gandhi said, “Today the Prime Minister said he bows his head in front of those soldiers who sacrificed their lives.
The whole country bows their head in front of the soldiers from Bihar who did this, but that is not the question, the question is what the Prime Minister said and did when Bihar’s young soldiers were sacrificed?”

Continuing his attack on the Prime Minister, who had earlier today spoken at a rally in Sasaram, Gandhi in Nawada, Bihar, said, “The question is that when the Chinese Army martyred 20 of our soldiers and took over 1200 square kilometres of our land. then why did the Prime Minister insulted our braves and said no one came inside India ?”

The Wayanad MP along with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav was addressing the first joint rally ‘Badlav Sankalp’ at Hisua in Nawada district ahead of the upcoming polls.

“Today he says he is bowing down his head, but Narendra Modi insulted the country’s Army when he falsely said no Chinese soldiers came inside India. The question Modiji is when will you throw out the Chinese soldiers sitting inside India? Don’t talk about bowing your head, talk about when will Chinese be thrown out of the country,” he added.

The Congress leader further raised the questions of problems being faced by farmers, small traders, lack of jobs, demonetisation, among other issues.

“Don’t lie to Biharis, Modi Ji. Did you give jobs to Biharis? Last elections, PM promised 2 crores jobs, no one got them. In public, he says I bow my head to Army, farmers, labourers and traders. But once he reaches home, he only works for industrialists,” Gandhi said.

Bihar assembly elections will be held in three phases — October 28, November 3, and 7, and the counting of votes will take place on November 10.