“Those Who Can’t Win Elections…”: PM’s Rajya Sabha Swipe At Sonia Gandhi

Jaipur:

In an obvious swipe at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi as we speak stated “those that can’t win elections have abandoned the sector” and turn out to be Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan. This comes months after Mrs Gandhi was elected a member of the Higher Home of Parliament, unopposed. Earlier than her Rajya Sabha stint, Mrs Gandhi has represented Congress stronghold Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha for twenty years. She has additionally represented Amethi for 5 years. 

The Prime Minister was in Rajasthan’s Jalore to marketing campaign for BJP’s Lumbaram Choudhary, who’s taking up Congress’s Vaibhav Gehlot, son of former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The Jalore constituency is a BJP stronghold, with the get together successful it persistently for twenty years.

In as we speak’s rally, the Prime Minister questioned if Congress MPs representing Rajasthan in Rajya Sabha raised the state’s points. “The Congress despatched a South chief to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. Has he by no means spoken about Rajasthan? No. You additionally despatched former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Rajya Sabha. He was unwell, however did you see him in Rajasthan? And now, you’ve got saved one other chief. Those that can’t struggle elections, win elections have abandoned the sector and are available to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan,” he stated, with out naming Mrs Gandhi.

Presently, six Congress MPs characterize Rajasthan in Rajya Sabha — Sonia Gandhi, Neeraj Dangi, Randeep Singh Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Pramod Tiwari and Mukul Wasnik; solely Mr Dangi is definitely from Rajasthan.

The Prime Minister stated the folks of Rajasthan had “punished” Congress within the first part of Lok Sabha polls in Rajasthan. Twelve out of 25 seats within the state had voted within the first part final Friday. The remaining will vote this Friday.

“Rajasthan is seeped in patriotism. It is aware of that Congress can by no means make a powerful India. The nation doesn’t need such a Congress authorities. The nation doesn’t need the pre-2014 state of affairs to return,” he stated.

Attacking the Opposition get together together with his oft-repeated “distant management” barb, the Prime Minister stated, “Nobody revered the Prime Minister. The federal government was run by distant management.” The barb is a normal line of assault utilized by the BJP, wherein it claims Mrs Gandhi was the de facto Prime Minister within the Manmohan Singh-led authorities.

The Prime Minister additionally took a veiled swipe at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over the 2013 episode wherein he had stated a UPA authorities ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers from disqualification have to be “torn up and thrown away”. 

“Simply think about, a cupboard observe is torn up at a press convention by a ruling get together chief. Can such a weak dispensation make the nation robust?” the Prime Minister requested, saying that the Congress was answerable for its present state of affairs. “The get together that when gained 400 (Lok Sabha) seats can’t even contest 300 seats now. They aren’t getting candidates,” he stated.