Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks about Emergency, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband Robert Vadra responded, saying the PM should have started off the first day of Parliament on a positive note.
"...It's the first day of Parliament, it should start on a positive note. And to bring out a negative thing like Emergency or being obsessed with the Gandhi family, Indira ji and Nehru ji, I thought the Prime Minister would overcome all this,” Vadra told ANI in an interview.
“I think he has to think of it as a brighter day rather than a dark day. I think it's sad that the Prime Minister has got a thought process of a dark vision for India. We should talk about positive things, progressive things for the country,” the businessman added.
Modi began the first Parliament session in his third term as Prime Minister by recalling the Emergency era in a bid to attack the Congress. While addressing the media, he said June 25, which is on Tuesday, marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, calling it a “black spot” on India's democracy.
When asked about Congress Working Committee asking Rahul Gandhi to accept Leader of Opposition post in Lok Sabha, Vadra told the news agency, "I know Rahul Gandhi very well, almost like my brother... I know that he puts his heart, mind and soul into whatever he does. And I think he understands the responsibility of being the leader of the opposition. As the leader of the opposition, he will challenge the BJP on every plan that they have..."
Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Centre over 10 key issues, alleging that the Prime Minister is "busy saving his government". He listed major issues including the NEET scam, UGC NET paper leak, water crisis and the recent Kanchanjunga Express train accident.
In a post on X, Gandhi wrote, “First 15 days of NDA! 1. Horrific train accident 2. Terrorist attacks in Kashmir 3. The plight of passengers in trains 4. NEET scam 5. NEET PG cancelled 6. UGC NET paper leak 7. Milk, pulses, gas, toll and expensive 8. Forests blazing with fire 9. Water crisis 10. Deaths due to lack of arrangements during heat wave,” Rahul Gandhi said on X.
