New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that in his world truth can be expunged and whatever he has said is truth and if the government wants to expunge the truth will remain truth.
Rahul Gandhi, who is newly appointed Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, speaking to the media said, “In Modi ji’s world, truth can be expunged. But in reality, the truth can’t be expunged. I said what I had to say, that is the truth. They can expunge as much as they want. Truth is truth.”
His remarks came a day after several portions of his speech on the Motion of Thanks to President’s address were expunged by the orders of Speaker.
On Monday, an infense duel was visible in Lok Sabha between Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The portions expunged include his comments on Hindus, the Prime Minister, BJP-RSS among others.
In his over one and half hour speech, which faced several disruptions Rahul Gandhi on Monday began his speech in the Lok Sabha by invoking ‘Jai Sanvidhan (Hail Constitution) amidst BJP chants of ‘Jai Sri Ram’.
He asserted that Hinduism is not about spreading fear, hatred, and falsehoods, Gandhi criticized the BJP for their interpretation of Hindu values.
Rahul Gandhi showed the pictures of Lord Shiva, Jesus Christ, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism and others to underline the importance of fearlessness preached by all religions.
Facing opposotion from the treasury-bench members over his remarks, Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP, saying, “Aap Hindu ho hi nahi (You are not Hindus). It is clearly written in Hinduism that one should stand with the truth and not back down from the truth or be scared of it.
When the Prime Minister intervened that “it is a very serious matter of concern”, Rahul Gandhi hit back saying that Modiji, BJP, RSS are not the custodians of Hinduism.