Congress president Rahul Gandhi wrapped up his two-day visit to poll-bound Madhya Pradesh with an attack on PM Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal. Addressing a public meeting at Baikunthpur near Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, Gandhi challenged Modi to answer questions on the Rafale deal.
Gandhi had kick-started his visited by offering prayers at the famous Kamtanath Temple in Chitrakoot following which he addressed a rally in Satna.
This was Gandhi’s second visit within a span of 10 days to the BJP-ruled state, where Assembly elections are due end of this year.
- Attacking PM Modi on Rafale in MP’s Baikunthpur, Rahul Gandhi said, “Why did you facilitate the deal for a company indebted with Rs 45,000 crore?”
- Speaking to a crowd in Bela, Rahul Gandhi said that his party will ensure that farmers can say, “Their government works for them”
- Rahul Gandhi promised in Rewa that the Congress will open banks for all small and medium enterprises
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Rahul Gandhi Challenges PM Modi to Answer Questions on Rafale
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday, 28 September, dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence and come clean on the Rafale fighter plane deal.
Gandhi was addressing a public meeting at Baikunthpur near Rewa in Madhya Pradesh before wrapping up his two-day visit to the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
Now, I throw a challenge to Narendra Modiji. Answer these questions. The French president who signed Rafale deal with you is saying that you helped Anil Ambani to get the deal. Why did you facilitate the deal for a company indebted with Rs 45,000 crore? Why did you buy a fighter aircraft for Rs 1,600 crore which cost Rs 526 crore?Rahul Gandhi
Gandhi said Modi gives a lot of speeches, adding, "Spare some time to answer these questions. Give your clarification."
He went on to add, "You (PM) won't answer these queries as you have helped your friend Anil Ambani bag a Rs 30,000 crore deal and the country knows that Narendra Modi speaks lies one after another on the stage. And Narendra Modiji's intention is not clear."
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Cong Will Open Banks for All Small & Medium Enterprises: Rahul in Rewa
At his roadshow in Rewa, Rahul Gandhi said that when he asked PM Modi his reason for giving Anil Ambani the Rafale deal, the PM could not meet his eye.
He also said that unlike Modi who gives loans “only to 50-20 of his rich friends,” the Congress will open banks for all small and medium enterprises.
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