Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP following his conviction in a 2019 defamation case by a Surat court last month. Former MP from Wayanad reached Wayanad for the first time after disqualification and held a roadshow with his sister and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Wadra. After the roadshow, addressing a public meeting both of them launched a scathing attack on Modi government at the Centre.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that taking away his Member of Parliament (MP) “tag” will not stop him from representing the people of Wayanad in Kerala or intimidate him from raising questions against the Union government.
Rahul Gandhi added, “They (BJP) think if they send the police to me, take away my house or file a few cases or unseat me from Parliament, I will be scared or intimidated. But they are mistaken. I will continue my fight and continue to ask questions.” “My MP tag has been taken away but nobody can prevent my association with the people of Wayanad. It is a homecoming for me, you treat me as a family member,” he said at a public meeting at Kalpetta.
“I only asked a question to the Prime Minister. What is his relationship with the industrialist (Gautam Adani) who was in the 609th position in the country and how he became no 2, after he (Modi) assumed power? We have seen airport and seaport rules changed for him and how he (Modi) facilitated his growth,” Rahul Gandhi alleged.
Priyanka thanked the people of Wayanad for standing with her brother. “You all know how the government and its machineries attacked a man who asked a pertinent question. But you cannot silence him like this. It is a fact that truth is always uncomfortable for those who always lie,” she said.
“I only asked a question to the Prime Minister. What is his relationship with the industrialist (Gautam Adani) who was in the 609th position in the country and how he became no 2, after he (Modi) assumed power? We have seen airport and seaport rules changed for him and how he (Modi) facilitated his growth,” Rahul Gandhi alleged.
Earlier, the Congress leader was accorded a rousing welcome by thousands of people, including UDF leaders and workers, as he arrived at the meeting venue with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Wadra. While hundreds of UDF workers lined up for a roadshow called ‘Satyameva Jayate’ holding the Indian flag.
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