The government has taken the extraordinary step of not holding a winter session on schedule to avoid questions and answers ahead of Gujarat elections, she said.
Ms Gandhi also attacked demonetisation and the implemenation of the GST regime, charging that the government's policies had brought hardship to people.
She added: “The Modi government is also forcefully trying to change the history of modern India by systematically erasing the contributions made by Pandit Nehruji and Indira Gandhi — be it through rewriting school text books, through malicious misinformation and propaganda, or ignoring with disdain the importance of the birth centenary of Indira ji . This vilification is blatant and for all to see.”
Sources said that while Ms. Gandhi praised party vice president Rahul Gandhi for the effort being made in Gujarat, he in turn told party members that there was a need to put all efforts into the campaign for the crucial polls.
Not unusual: Jaitley
In his rebuttal, Mr Jaitley said Parliament sessions were often rescheduled to ensure they did not overlap with elections, and that the Congress had done so several times.
“(The) timing is decided such that they do not overlap with election campaigns. (Congress) did so in 2011, and even before that,” the senior BJP leader said, adding, “Parliament session will be held for sure and on all subjects, and the Congress will be totally exposed.”
“The Congress has given the most corrupt government in its ten years of rule, while Narendra Modi has given the most honest government. By forcibly saying that a truth is a lie does not make it a lie,” Mr. Jaitley added.
