Close X
Sunday, November 24, 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

    Cong Supporters Attack Lalru SAD Councillor Balkar Singh Rangi

    An Akali councillor, Balkar Singh Rangi, of Ward No. 2, Lalru, was allegedly assaulted with sharp weapons by

    Cong Supporters Attack Lalru SAD Councillor Balkar Singh Rangi

    '2 Gujarati Thugs Have Been Fooling People', Says BJP Leader; Expelled

    The expulsion followed after IP Singh attacked the BJP leadership in a series of tweets from his official Twitter account having a prefix "usuldaar" (principled) to his name.

    '2 Gujarati Thugs Have Been Fooling People', Says BJP Leader; Expelled

    I Will Be First One To Hang My Boots When Time Comes: Yuvraj Singh On Retirement

    I Will Be First One To Hang My Boots When Time Comes: Yuvraj Singh On Retirement
    Yuvraj Singh’s cricketing future has been a topic of discussion for some years now but the player said he would be the first one to bid adieu when he felt that his time is up.

    I Will Be First One To Hang My Boots When Time Comes: Yuvraj Singh On Retirement

    India’s Chandrayaan 2 To Carry NASA Science Instrument

    India’s Chandrayaan 2 To Carry NASA Science Instrument
    India’s second Moon mission Chandrayaan 2, scheduled for launch in April, would be carrying a NASA science probe, the media reported.  

    India’s Chandrayaan 2 To Carry NASA Science Instrument

    Justice Sanjiv Khanna Recuses From Hearing Sajjan Kumar's Appeal

    Anti-Sikh riots had broken out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 by her two Sikh bodyguards.  

    Justice Sanjiv Khanna Recuses From Hearing Sajjan Kumar's Appeal

    Paralympic Games Winner Deepa Malik Joins BJP

    Deepa Malik joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Haryana unit chief Subhash Barala, and general secretary Anil Jain, who is in charge of its affairs in the state.

    Paralympic Games Winner Deepa Malik Joins BJP