PM Modi suppressing reality, says Rahul Gandhi

He accuses the government of not allowing the media to talk about issues like ‘jobs or the ones raised by farmers’

August 05, 2021 06:55 pm | Updated 07:05 pm IST - New Delhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi presenting a model of plough during Indian Youth Congress's "Parliament Gherao" protest over alleged rise in inflation, unemployment, three agricultural laws and snooping issue, in New Delhi, on Thursday, August 5, 2021.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi presenting a model of plough during Indian Youth Congress's "Parliament Gherao" protest over alleged rise in inflation, unemployment, three agricultural laws and snooping issue, in New Delhi, on Thursday, August 5, 2021.

Just as Opposition members holding placards in the Lok Sabha are not shown by the Lok Sabha TV to hide the reality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi does the same by suppressing the reality, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said.

He made these remarks on Thursday at ‘Sansad Gherao’, a programme of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) to protest against “growing unemployment, price rise, farm laws and the Pegasus snooping controversy”.

Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress general secretary (organization) K.C. Venugopal were among those who attended it.

Mr. Gandhi accused the government of not allowing the media to talk about issues like “jobs or the ones raised by farmers”. He cited the recent rape and murder of a 9-year-old in Delhi, and claimed it was “blacked” out.

‘Peoples voices suppressed’

“Their aim is to suppress the voices of the youth in colleges and universities... Their aim is to suppress the voice of India because they know the day when the youth start speaking the reality, Narendra Modi government’s won’t last,” he stated.

The Pegasus spyware was linked to the government’s move to suppress the voices of people. “Someone asked my why the Congress is unrelenting over a small issue like Pegasus. It’s a not small issue as Narendra Modi has put this Pegasus not just in my phone but all of you... It’s one way to suppress the voices of people,” he observed.

The Prime Minister had promised two crore jobs every year before elections, but in reality he had benefitted only a “handful of his industrialist friends”, he alleged.

Jobs in the unorganised sector, retail trade and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were destroyed by moves such as demonetisation and the goods and services tax (GST). “Unemployment is the biggest issue this country is facing today... PM will talk about everything but not unemployment. Narendra Modi is not in partnership with youth, farmer, labourers or small traders... but in partnership with two-three businessmen,” he added.

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