Yesterday also, in Chennai, as the National Herald case involving Congress’ top brass snowballed, a defiant Rahul Gandhi had charged the BJP with adopting “vendetta politics” and vowed to continue questioning the Narendra Modi government and not “budge an inch”.
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On another question, the minister maintained education will play an important role in curbing terrorism and said the government is taking efforts to see students from class IX to XII were exposed to socio-political happenings in the world.
Later, Chidambaram and Sibal also held a meeting with party MPs to brief them about the various aspects of the case so that they can counter the government.
BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy had filed a criminal case of cheating and misappropriation against them in February a year ago for allegedly usurping the defunct English daily National Herald’s owner Associated Journals Limited’s (AJL) property worth crores of rupees by forming a company in the name of Young India Limited. “And if they are saying “vendetta”, that means Congress is blaming the judiciary”, Rathore said.
A host of party leaders including CWC members and party veterans met her at the 10 Janpath residence in the morning before she came to Parliament to participate in the Lok Sabha proceedings.
Raising slogans against the ruling dispensation, the Congress leaders alleged that dictatorship on part of the government would not be accepted.
“This is 100 percent pure political vendetta coming out of the PM’s Office”.
The worst part of the Congress response is the blockading of parliament on the issue.
The Samajwadi Party, which shares on-off warmth with the BJP, led the chorus for restoring normality in the House, especially the Rajya Sabha.
“Thirty-six per cent share in it is of Rahul Gandhi and 36 per cent of Sonia Gandhi…”
Reacting to the court order, Sonia Gandhi has reportedly said “I am Indira Gandhi’s daughter-in-law”.
Just when it looked like a compromise on GST was in reach, the court’s order for the Gandhis to testify on December 19 appears to have pushed things back further.
Furious Congress members stormed the wells of both Houses of Parliament, alleging a “political vendetta” by Mr Modi who has moved to weaken the legacy of the Gandhis since he dislodged them from power a year ago.
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Modi said, “I want to make India’s development journey a “mass movement” and that, “everyone must feel he or she is working for India’s progress”.
