P adha
slams
Rahul
ove
‘selective
democ acy’
NEW
DELHI:
Fo me
U io
educatio
mi iste
a d
se io
BJP
leade
Dha me d a
P adha
o
Tuesday
t ai ed
his
gu s
o
Lok
Sabha
leade
of
oppositio
Rahul
Ga dhi,
b a di g
him
a
“habitual
lia ”
a d
accusi g
the
Co g ess
of
sheddi g
“c ocodile
tea s”
ove
stude ts’
co ce s.P adha ’s
ema ks
came
amid
p otests
i
Jha kha d
ove
i egula ities
a d
pape
leaks
i
competitive
exami atio s.
I
Jha kha d,
Co g ess
is
pa t
of
the
uli g
allia ce
with
Jha kha d
Mukti
Mo cha
led
by
chief
mi iste
Hema t
So e
i
the
state.
I
a
post
o
X,
fo me
U io
educatio
mi iste
accused
the
Co g ess
of
“co ti uously
sp eadi g
lies”
about
stude ts’
i te ests
a d
alleged
that
Rahul
Ga dhi
“lacks
facts”.
“The
leade
of
oppositio ,
who
habitually
lies,
eithe
wa ts
to
come
to
Pa liame t
o
liste
to
a swe s.
They
just
wa t
to
sp ead
thei
lies
a d
shed
c ocodile
tea s,”
P adha
said.P adha
also
hit
back
at
the
oppositio ’s
sustai ed
attack
o
the
Ce t e
a d
U io
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah,
accusi g
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
the
Co g ess
of
maki g
“baseless”
a d
“factless”
allegatio s.“Maki g
baseless,
factless
false
accusatio s
agai st
the
Ho o able
Home
Mi iste
Sh i
Amit
Shah
ji
eveals
the
political
despe atio
of
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
the
Co g ess,”
Sambalpu
MP
said.
The
fo me
U io
mi iste
also
mai tai ed
that
the
gove me t
was
eady
fo
a
discussio
i
Pa liame t
o
“eve y
issue”,
while
accusi g
the
Co g ess
of
delibe ately
dis upti g
p oceedi gs.“The
gove me t
is
eady
fo
discussio
i
Pa liame t
o
eve y
issue,
but
Co g ess
is
obst ucti g
the
temple
of
democ acy,
Pa liame t
House,
a d
c ushi g
the
i te ests
of
the
cou t y
a d
the
youth,”
he
said.P adha
alleged
that
the
oppositio ’s
objective
was
political,
athe
tha
add essi g
issues
co ce i g
the
cou t y
a d
you g
people.
He
also
accused
Co g ess
leade s
of
c eati g
“chaos”
outside
Pa liame t
whe
discussio s
a e
held
i side
the
House.Tu i g
the
spotlight
o
the
JMM-Co g ess
gove me t
i
Jha kha d,
P adha
accused
it
of
followi g
a
policy
of
“selective
democ acy”
ove
the
ha dli g
of
stude t
p otests.
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“Co g ess’s
democ acy
is
also
‘selective’-viole ce
agai st
youth
whe e
they
a e
i
gove me t,
a d
lies
a d
commotio
whe e
they
wa t
to
shi e
politically,”
he
said,
efe i g
to
the
use
of
lathi-cha ge,
wate
ca o s
a d
tea
gas
agai st
p otesti g
stude ts
i
Jha kha d.P adha
also
questio ed
Lok
Sabha
LoP
Rahul’s
sile ce
o
the
Jha kha d
p otests,
sayi g
the
Co g ess
leade
holds
p ess
co fe e ces
o
“eve y
issue”
but
has
ot
spoke
about
the
stude t
agitatio .“The
youth
of
the
cou t y
have
fully
u de stood
this
duplicitous
cha acte
of
the
Co g ess,”
P adha
said,
addi g
that
the e
was
“ o
place
fo
dictato ship
i
democ acy”.His
ema ks
came
days
afte
he
stepped
dow
as
U io
educatio
mi iste
followi g
p olo ged
stude t
p otests
i
New
Delhi
a d
ac oss
the
cou t y
ove
the
NEET-UG
pape -leak
fiasco.
