Rahul Gandhi questions PM Modi on Hathras case; takes a jibe over LAC standoff & COVID

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called out Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the Hathras case and also attacked him over the LAC standoff with China. Speaking to the media in Punjab, Rahul Gandhi said he paid a visit to the Hathras victim’s family last week and assured that they were not alone in seeking justice for their daughter. 

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Taking a jibe at PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi said even after the reported rape and subsequent death of the young girl in Hathras and her family targeting the entire UP administration, the Prime Minister has not said a word on the issue. PM Modi had earlier spoken with chief minister Yogi Adityanath seeking the severest punishment for culprits. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to me on the incident and directed that strictest punishment be taken against the accused,” Adityanath had written on Twitter in Hindi.

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday visited the family members of the victim, who died at a hospital in Delhi a few days after the horrifying incident.

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Gandhi takes on PM Modi

The Congress leader also targeted PM Modi over the Coronavirus lockdown stating that the measures will have an adverse effect on the MSMEs. “Modi govt has destroyed small and medium businesses during the lockdown, which are the backbone of India's economy and gives employment to labourers. “I had warned about COVID-19 in February but they said I was joking,” Gandhi told reporters.

He went on to say that China was successful in taking a part of the India territory because it knows that the Prime Minister is only “concerned about improving his own image.” “PM Modi gave away more than 1200 kilometres to China to save his own image. What does he have to speak about this?”

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