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Chehre pe shikan, maathe pe paseena, dare dare se saheb: Rahul Gandhi takes fresh dig at Narendra Modi
Earlier on Monday, PM Modi had said at a rally in Gujarat that the battle in the state was between `vikas` and `vanshvaad`.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi continues to take jibe on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. A day when PM Modi addressed four rallies in the state, the Gandhi scion took to Twitter saying “Chehre par shikan, maathe par paseena, dare dare se saheb nazar aate hain” (stress on the face, sweat on the forehead, the saheb seems afraid).
The Congress leader further made reference to the allegations against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah and Rafale deal, questioning the silence of Prime Minister Modi.
This came just two days after the Gandhi scion said that the Prime Minister did not want the truth on Jay Shah and Rafale deal to be out before the Gujarat assembly elections. He had said that Modi must answer the questions before the country.
Earlier on Monday, PM Modi had said at a rally in Gujarat that the battle in the state was between “vikas” and “vanshvaad”. The BJP leader also hit back at the Congress vice president over the latter’s “hugplomacy” remark.
He also attacked the Gandhi scion over the latter’s recent tweet on the release of Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Hafiz Saeed, accusing him of clapping when a terrorist was set free.
This was in response to Gandhi’s tweet saying, “Narendrabhai, baat nahi bani. Terror mastermind is free. President Trump just delinked Pak military funding from LeT. Hugplomacy fail. More hugs urgently needed.”
"A Pakistani court released a Pakistani terrorist and the Congress is celebrating and calling it our failure. I don't know why they are celebrating this," he said.
The prime minister further lashed out at the Congress vice-president and said that at a time when Doklam standoff was going on between India and China "they were hugging the Chinese ambassador," alluding to Rahul Gandhi.
Questioning the leadership of the Congress regime, the prime minister compared the steps taken by his government during the Uri attack and previous dispensation post 26/11 Mumbai attack.
"India was attacked on 26/11 and in Uri. You can see how India responded in the wake of both attacks. We conducted surgical strikes after Uri attack but did Congress do anything after Mumbai in 2008? This is the difference in leadership of their Government and ours," he added.