New Delhi : The Congress today tore into the lies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleging in Madhya Pradesh yesterday that the party (Congress) was against women’s reservation.
Congress Spokesperson and Chairman of the Media and Publicity Pawan Khera described Modi as a certified liar for speaking such blunt lies. Narendra Modi is the only Prime Minister who has identified himself as a “certified liar”, he alleged.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here today, Pawan Khera referred to Modi’s election speech in Bhopal yesterday, where he falsely accused Congress of being against the women reservation.
He said, nothing can be far from the truth than what the PM alleged. He pointed out, it was the Congress which had started the process of reservation for women in local bodies way back in 1989 when the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had brought a law for this. He said, while the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, it couldn’t be passed in the Rajya Sabha as the BJP had then opposed it and its veteran leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, LK Advani, Ram Jethmalani and Jaswant Singh had voted against it in the Rajya Sabha.
Taking a dig at the Prime Minister, Pawan Khera said, wherever Modi sets his feet, the Congress wins. In states like Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, where the PM had campaigned, Congress had won hands down. That way he is proving to be our ‘star campaigner’, he remarked tauntingly, while pointing out that how in Madhya Pradesh yesterday the PM only spoke about the Congress and did not mention a single achievement of his party’s government during last 18 years. He said, only if the PM starts speaking some truth he can become the ‘star campaigner’ of the Congress party.
Replying to a question about BJP releasing the list of candidates, Khera said, the BJP probably was trying to copy Congress in Karnataka as it released the list early, hoping that might fetch victory. He said no matter how early you release the list, field whosoever you want to field, but what is going to happen is obvious. He said, it is being seen in all surveys by the television channels and BJP’s own survey.
To another question on Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on a Rajasthan Minister, Khera remarked, it would be surprising if there were no such raids. He said, the ED was conducting special recruitment’s for five states, going to polls this year, for another three months. He said, they had made a joke of the CBI and ED.
To a question about some Indian students being forced into human trafficking and supporting anti-India activities in Canada, the Congress spokesperson asserted in categorical terms that “the Congress party is steadfast in its stand that the interest of India cannot be compromised. Under any circumstances our sovereignty, our unity and our integrity are non-negotiable”.
