New Delhi : Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party, saying while one party was dividing people, another was most corrupt and had miserably failed the people of Delhi. Taking a dig at former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Gandhi remarked, he (Kejriwal) trembles at Modi’s name.
Addressing largely attended public meetings at Patparganj and Okhla this evening, Gandhi pointed out how the BJP and the RSS were trying to divide people in the name of religion and caste.
“We don’t want an India of hatred, fear and violence, but an India of love, harmony and brotherhood”, he said amidst thunderous applause from the crowd. He said during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, the slogan of unity had emerged, ‘nafrat ke bazaar mein, mohabbat ki dukan’. He said, the Congress party will spread love and harmony everywhere.
Lashing out at the AAP government in Delhi and Arvind Kejriwal who had been Chief Minister for over ten years, he pointed out how he (Kejriwal) had promised to usher in a new kind of politics with transparency.
However, he added, Kejriwal forgot everything and was involved in the biggest liquor scam. He reminded the people how he would travel in a small car, climb over the electric poles and proclaim to practice neat and clean politics with complete transparency. But, Gandhi added, he started living in a palace, the ‘Sheesh Mahal’. He also took a dig at Kejriwal for issuing the “certificate of honesty” to himself. He observed, an honest man does not need to proclaim his own honesty. The certificate of honesty should be issued by the people, he remarked.
In Patparganj, appealing to the people to ensure the victory of party candidate Anil Chaudhary, he said the sitting MLA Manish Sisodia had run away as he was the architect of the liquor scam.
Referring to the complete failure of the AAP government in Delhi, he said, the pollution was at its worst and people were suffering from diseases like asthma and cancer. He said, there was no development as roads were broken. He reminded people how before Kejriwal, Sheila Dikshit had ushered in a lot of progress and development and changed the face of Delhi.
Gandhi said, Kejriwal was scared of Modi and would tremble on hearing his name. He said, when people of Delhi, the minorities in particular needed Kejriwal, he ran away and it was only the Congress party, which stood by them.
