Close X
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
ADVT 
India

PM Modi Will Go Down In 2019 With Rafale Taint: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Darpan News Desk IANS, 06 May, 2019 08:19 PM

    Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, saying he had come to power in 2014 with a promise to clean the Ganga but will go down in 2019 with the ''Rafale'' taint.


    Canvassing votes for the party's New Delhi candidate Ajay Maken, Mr Sidhu also held a roadshow in Delhi.


    He claimed that the Narendra Modi government did not have a single achievement to its name and was deflecting from real issues.


    "In 2014, Modi said neither will he indulge in corruption, nor will he allow others to do so (na khaunga, na khane dunga) but he has done just the opposite," the Punjab minister said.


    He said PM Modi had made over 300 promises in 2014, including of cleaning Ganga river, generating two crore jobs per year and depositing Rs. 15 lakh in every bank account, but none of this happened, Mr Sidhu said.


    "He came to power in 2014 seeking votes to clean the Ganga, but he will go in 2019 with the Rafale taint," Mr Sidhu said, referring to the allegations levelled by his party against PM Modi on the multi-billion fighter jet deal.


    "Modi is running away from real issues. Now neither does he speak about the two crore jobs he promised, nor does he speak about black money and about cleaning the Ganga," Mr Sidhu said.


    In an apparent reference to economic offenders who duped public sector banks, Mr Sidhu said earlier chowkidar used to say jagtey raho (stay awake) but now, after giving banks'' money to the rich people, he is asking please bhagtey raho (run away).


    The Congress has been taking on PM Modi with a slogan ''chowkidar chor hain''.


    Praising the then Congress chief minister Sheila Dikshit's tenure from 1998-2013, he claimed that while she worked for the development of Delhi, Gujarat witnessed riots under PM Modi.


    "He thinks before 2014, there was no India. There was a railway station, along with a tea stall. When you were not even born, B R Ambedkar had written the Constitution of our country," Mr Sidhu said.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Country Always First, My Statement Distorted: Navjot Singh Sidhu On Pulwama Attack

    Country Always First, My Statement Distorted: Navjot Singh Sidhu On Pulwama Attack
    Sidhu also said that his statement was 'distorted' and he continues to stand by his statement that terrorism has no 'dharam, mazhab, zaat aur desh' (religion, caste or country).  

    Country Always First, My Statement Distorted: Navjot Singh Sidhu On Pulwama Attack

    'Pak Synonym For Terrorism; Forces Given Free Hand To Punish Terror Perpetrators'

    'Pak Synonym For Terrorism; Forces Given Free Hand To Punish Terror Perpetrators'
    At a public function in Pandharkawada in Yavatmal district, where he launched a number of projects, Modi said Pakistan had become a synonym for terrorism.

    'Pak Synonym For Terrorism; Forces Given Free Hand To Punish Terror Perpetrators'

    Kerala Priest Fr Robin Sentenced To 20-Year Rigorous Imprisonment For Raping, Impregnating 16-Yr-Old Girl

    A former vicar of a Catholic church near here was on Saturday sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor in 2016.

    Kerala Priest Fr Robin Sentenced To 20-Year Rigorous Imprisonment For Raping, Impregnating 16-Yr-Old Girl

    Army Officer Killed In IED Blast Along Loc, Soldier Injured In Pak Firing

    Army Officer Killed In IED Blast Along Loc, Soldier Injured In Pak Firing
    An army officer was killed and a soldier suffered injuries on Saturday while defusing and an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Line of Control in Rajouri.

    Army Officer Killed In IED Blast Along Loc, Soldier Injured In Pak Firing

    Here's How You Can Donate To Families Of Martyred CRPF Jawans

    Those who want to contribute voluntarily to the families of CRPF jawans martyred in Pulwama terror attack can do so on the official website of 'Bharat Ke Veer'.

    Here's How You Can Donate To Families Of Martyred CRPF Jawans

    Cognizant To Pay USD 25 Mn To Settle India Bribery Charges

    Cognizant To Pay USD 25 Mn To Settle India Bribery Charges
    Cognizant has agreed to pay USD 25 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the SEC said.

    Cognizant To Pay USD 25 Mn To Settle India Bribery Charges