#Congress’ Ajay Maken slams PM Modi for concentrating all powers in his hands

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks on Emergency,Congress on Thursday cited statements of party leaders LK Advani, Yashwant Sinha and Varun Gandhi to paint him as a leader who believes in centralising all powers in his hands.

Rejecting Modi’s criticism that Emergencywas imposed due to “lust of power”, party spokesperson Ajay Maken said, “Advaniji had said something on this issue. Perhaps his indication was towards Modiji and the government at Centre. He said that centralisation of power, one person occupying all powers, is not good. We have seen many examples of it.” Alleging that Modi has concentrated all powers with himself, even like appointment of OSDs to his ministerial colleagues, Maken said, “The Prime Minister wants to be everything—Finance Minister, Minister for External Affairs, Environment Minister” and added keeping the entire administrative machinery under oneself is not good for a country like India.