‘PM Modi does not sleep at night, Shah disappeared’: Rahul mocks BJP, says India expressing itself

Rahul
Ga dhi
st esses
o
‘exp essio ‘
at
the
‘Rach atmak
Co g ess
Natio al
Co ve tio ‘,
at
the
Co stitutio
Club,
i
New
Delhi.
(PTI
Photo)

NEW
DELHI:
Co g ess
leade

Rahul
Ga dhi
o
Thu sday
said
the
pa ty’s
job
was
to
make
I dia
“exp ess
itself”
a d
claimed
the
BJP-led
gove me t
was
i c easi gly
u settled
by
people’s
voices.
Speaki g
at
the
Ratch atmak
Co g ess
Natio al
Co ve tio ,
the
leade
of
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha
also
took
seve al
digs
at
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi,
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah
a d
the
RSS.“Ou
job
is
ve y
simple
a d
we
ca
d ive
them
c azy…I
am
telli g
you,
(PM)
Na e d a
Modi
does
ot
sleep
at
ight,”
Rahul
said.
Refe i g
to
Shah,
he
added,
“You
saw
(HM)
Amit
Shah,
what
did
they
used
to
call
him?
Cha akya?
A d
Sa da
Patel…
Whe e
has
he
disappea ed?
He
could
ot
e te
Pa liame t
House…
Why?
Because,
fo
the
fi st
time,
they
a e
feeli g
I dia’s
exp essio …”Ga dhi
said
the
Co g ess
would
seek
to
challe ge
what
he
desc ibed
as
the
BJP’s
attempt
to
impose
a
pa ticula
political
o de
o
the
cou t y.“What
was
happe i g
at
Ja ta
Ma ta
is
that
stude ts
wa t
to
exp ess
themselves.
They
a e
i
pai ,
a d
they
wa t
to
exp ess
themselves,
a d
the
gove me t
says
o.

We
a e
goi g
to
c eate
o de
at
Ja ta
Ma ta .
You
ca ot
exp ess
you selves,”
he
said.“So
thei
job
a d
thei
political
philosophy
is
to
impose
a
o de
o
I dia,
a
o de
that
be efits
them
a d
ce tai
othe
people.
A d
ou
job
is
to
make
I dia
exp ess
itself
a d
b eak
that
o de ,”
Ga dhi
added.He
was
efe i g
to
the
p otests
at
Ja ta
Ma ta
ove
the
NEET-UG
pape
leak.
The
CJP-led
p otest
e ded
afte
Dha me d a
P adha
esig ed
as
educatio
mi iste ,
while
oppositio
pa ties
i
Pa liame t
dema ded
a
stateme t
f om
Home
Mi iste
Amit
Shah
o
the
alleged
police
actio
agai st
p oteste s.Ga dhi
also
attacked
the
RSS,
sayi g
the
o ga isatio
did
ot
u de sta d
co tempo a y
I dia.
“I
ca
u de sta d
if
you
a e
fighti g
the
B itish
Empi e
a d
sudde ly
you
say,
I’m
feeli g
a
bit
sca ed.
But
you’ e
fighti g
a
bu ch
of
joke s.
How
ca
you
feel
sca ed?
You’ e
lite ally
fighti g
a
bu ch
of
joke s,
clow s
who
have
o
idea
about
ou
philosophy,
o
idea
about
ou
histo y.
I
ca
atu ally
say
this
about
my
f ie ds
i
the
RSS.
It’s
obvious
to
me,”
he
said.“I
fact,
it’s
obvious
to
most
people
that
these
people
have
o
u de sta di g
of
I dia.
Why?
Because
somebody
who
ca ot
co ect
with
I dia
as
it
is
today
ca ot
u de sta d
I dia.
To
u de sta d
I dia,
you
ca ‘t
u de sta d
I dia
3,000
yea s
ago.
You
have
to
u de sta d
it
today,
ight
ow.
A d
to
u de sta d
it
today,
the
o ly
way
to
u de sta d
it
today
is
to
u de sta d
its
exp essio ,”
he
added.Rahul
attacks
govt
ove
I a
wa ,
Chi aThe
LoP
also
c iticised
the
gove me t’s
fo eig
policy,
efe i g
to
the
wa
i
I a
a d
I dia’s
ties
with
the
US,
Russia
a d
I a .“Wa
b oke
out
i
I a .
Fo
I dia—had
it
ecog ized
its
ow
st e gth
a d
had
its
leade
bee
someo e
like
I di a
Ga dhi—this
p ese ted
the
g eatest
oppo tu ity
i
the
wo ld,”
he
said.“What
ki d
of
oppo tu ity?
I a
was
ou
old
f ie d,
Ame ica
was
ou
f ie d,
a d
Russia
was
ou
f ie d.
We
could
have
stepped
up,
become
eleva t,
a d
leve aged
these
f ie dships.
But
what
actually
happe ed?
Nothi g
of
the
so t.
I stead,
Pakista
stepped
i
a d
took
ou
place;
Pakista
became
the
mediato ,
while
I dia
a d
Modi-ji
simply
looked
o ,”
Ga dhi
claimed.He
also
alleged
that
the
gove me t
was
supp essi g
i fo matio
about
I dia’s
bo de
situatio
with
Chi a.“Raj ath
Si gh,
Amit
Shah,
a d
Na e d a
Modi
have
bee
completely
deflated.
They
a e
calli g
up
all
the
media
edito s,
telli g
them,
‘Do ‘t
publish
this
i
you
ewspape s;
supp ess
the
sto y.’
They
a e
causi g
di ect
ha m
to
the
cou t y
without
a
seco d
thought,”
he
alleged.Ga dhi
fu the
efe ed
to
the
gove me t’s
espo se
afte
the
Galwa
clash
a d
claimed
that
I dia’s
positio
had
weake ed
its
egotiatio s
with
Chi a.“Afte
the
Galwa
i cide t,
the
P ime
Mi iste
held
a
meeti g—a
Zoom
call.
He
stated
that
Chi a
had ‘t
take
a
si gle
i ch
of
I dia
te ito y.
The
A my
said
that
ou
la d
had
bee
take .
Just
thi k
about
the
message
se t
to
Chi a:
Chi ese
egotiato s
asked
ou
egotiato s,
‘What
o se se
a e
you
talki g
about?
You
ow
P ime
Mi iste
said
o
la d
was
lost.’”He
alleged
that
the
gove me t’s
fo eig -policy
decisio s
we e
ultimately
d ive
by
political
fu di g,
addi g,
“A d
they
did
all
of
this
solely
to
fi a ce
thei
political
st uctu e,
to
secu e
fu ds
f om
Ada i
ji.”Rahul
also
c iticised
what
he
desc ibed
as
the
gove me t’s
app oach
to
diplomacy,
sayi g
fo eig
policy
could
ot
be
educed
to
pe so al
elatio ships
betwee
leade s.“I
do ‘t
k ow
whe e
it
came
f om;
this
idea
got
i to
thei
heads.
I
do ‘t
k ow
who
put
it
the e
o
whe e
it
came
f om,
the
idea
that
fo eig
policy
mea s
huggi g
politicia s,”
he
said.

Recalli g
a
i cide t
f om
his
childhood
i volvi g
his
g a dmothe
a d
fo me
P ime
Mi iste
I di a
Ga dhi,
Rahul
Ga dhi
said
she
had
etu ed
f om
a
official
di e
i
the
US
a d
told
his
mothe ,
So ia
Ga dhi,
that
“these
Ame ica s
take
me
fo
a
complete
fool.”Ga dhi
said
I di a
Ga dhi
had
oticed
that
the -US
Fi st
Lady
Na cy
Reaga
was
wea i g
a
d ess
of
the
same
colou
as
he
sa i.“You
a e ‘t
just
visiti g
a
f ie d’s
house.
I
this
ole,
the
P ime
Mi iste
of
I dia
does ‘t
e gage
i
me e
f ie dship.
They
have
o
i te est
i
f ie dship;
thei
job
is
to
p otect
the
cou t y,”
he
said.Read
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