Cong. Leader Rahul Questions PM, Ahead Of MPs Suspended

Gandhi accused PM of running a "Dictatorship"

Ahead of the suspension of 24 MPs of opposition in the Parliament, Cong. leader Rahul Gandhi does a fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of running a "dictatorship" where the MPs are "arrested" and ''suspended" for asking people's questions to the ''king''.

While taking Facebook, Gandhi wrote in Hindi that he is putting out the ten questions that had to be asked of the "king".

He flagged concerns over issues like unemployment, the Agnipath scheme, high fuel prices, border intrusions, and the promise of Minimum Support Price (MSP), farmers' income, and the falling value of the Rupee among others.

"In the Monsoon session, we wanted to discuss the issues of the people with the prime minister. There were many questions of the people that the prime minister and his government had to answer," Rahul Gandhi said.

"But look at his dictatorship, the prime minister got so angry on being asked questions that he got 57 MPs arrested and 23 suspended," he added.

20 MPs in Rajya Sabha and four in Lok Sabha were suspended following continuous protests by opposition parties for an immediate discussion on issues of price rise and GST levy on rice, flour, curd and other daily use items.

Cong. leader asked why unemployment was the "highest in 45 years" and what happened to the promise of two crore jobs every year.

"Why are you snatching the food of the people by imposing GST on everyday food items like curd and cereals," the former Congress chief asked.

Mr Gandhi also asked when the people will get relief from the sky-high prices of cooking oil, petrol-diesel and LPG cylinder.

Why did the rupee cross 80 against the dollar, he asked the PM.

Further, he said that not a single recruitment had been in the army for two years and asked why the youth are being forced to become 'Agniveer' on a four-year contract.

In the sixth poser of the Govt., the leader asked, "Chinese army has entered our borders in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh, why are you silent and what are you doing?"

Claiming that insurance firms made a benefit of Rs 40,000 crores through crop insurance, Mr. Gandhi asked why the government was silent on its promise of 'doubling farmers' income' by 2022.

"What happened to the promise to farmers of the right MSP? And what happened to the compensation to the families of the farmers who were martyred in the farmers' movement?" Rahul asked.

In his ninth poser, Mr. Gandhi asked why the 50 per cent discount available on senior citizens' rail tickets was discontinued and why the government did not have money to give discounts to the elderly when it can spend money on promotions.

"The debt of the central government was 56 lakh crore in 2014, now it has increased to 139 lakh crore, and by March 2023, it will be 156 lakh crore. Why are you drowning the country in debt?" the Cong. leader asked the PM.

He said the list of questions is very long but the prime minister should first answer these 10 questions.

"Threatening the Congress party will not end your accountability, we are the voice of the people and will continue to raise their issues," Mr. Gandhi asserted.

Earlier this day, Mr. Gandhi said while the "king" is afraid of facing questions in the temple of democracy, "we well know how to fight dictators".