Thursday, 30 march 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN 

 The spokesperson of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Bhakta Charan Das has said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is strangling democracy in the country to save his friend Gautam Adani. Rahul Gandhi is being targeted because he asked questions from the PM about Adani. The Congress leader who also is the in-charge of Bihar, Mizoram and Manipur told media persons here on Wednesday that the Indian National Congress would do everything to save the democracy in the country.

Correlating the legal action on Rahul Gandhi with his questions on Adani in parliament, Das said that Rahul Gandhi on February 7 said that Adani has Rs 20,000 crore in his shell companies and asked the source of this money. Showing the pictures in parliament, Rahul Gandhi asked questions about the relationship the PM has with Adani. Das said that nine days after his speech in parliament over the Adani scam, the defamation case against him was revived. He claimed that for the first time in the history of the country the ruling party is not allowing the parliament to function. Das said that the united opposition wants a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on the issue. He said that Rahul Gandhi had given two written notices to the Speaker to allow him to speak in parliament but he was not given permission.

The Congress leader said that the BJP is levelling false allegations on Rahul Gandhi in order to divert the attention from Adani scam. He said that the government machinery worked at a speed which was equivalent to light to disqualify Rahul Gandhi from the parliament within 24 hours of the judgement of the lower court even though the court had given a time of 30 days for appeal in the high court. This shows that BJP is afraid of Rahul Gandhi.

He said that the allegation levelled by BJP President JP Nadda that Rahul has insulted the OBCs is mischievous and claimed that he had only asked- why is it that some thieves have Modi surname ? He never targeted any community. Das added that neither Neerav Modi nor Lalit Modi is OBC.  The Congress leader said that PM Modi systematically silenced all the opposition and that he started from his own party. He claimed that all the leaders of the BJP barring Nitin Gadkari are nothing but slaves. He added that the people of the country are agitated over the manner in which the opposition leaders and Rahul Gandhi are being targeted in the country.

 The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Karan Mahara, the leader of opposition (LoP) in State assembly Yashpal Arya, the vice president organisation Mathura Dutt Joshi, chief spokesperson of Uttarakhand Congress Garima Dasauni and others were present on the occasion.