Samikhsya Bureau
Breaking her silence after long, chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi made a lethal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing his over four years tenure as full of betrayals with the faith of people. She went to the extent to allege that if anything can be underlined during Modi’s governance, it was smudged by uncalled for insinuations and attempts to scuttle the voices of political opponents by means of intimidation.
Gandhi was unsparing in her innuendos to say that , if anything came out the entire tenure so far it were lies at misleading the people at many occasions.
Accusing the Narendra Modi government of dealing a “systematic assault” on the foundations of India’s democratic and secular republic, Gandhi on Monday said bluff, bluster and intimidation have been the governance philosophy of this government.
Addressing a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary party on Parliament premises, Gandhi said that the Narendra Modi government had betrayed the mandate given to them by people in 2014 which she said was obtained by deceit and dishonesty, by misleading the people.
‘The last five years have been a time of unprecedented economic stress and social strain for our country. The very foundations of our democratic republic, of our secular republic have come under systematic assault by the Modi government. The very values, principles and provisions of our Constitution have come under continued attack by the Modi government. Institutions have been subverted. Political opponents have been hounded. Dissent has been suppressed. Freedom of speech – the most basic of all freedoms – has been sought to be curtailed and silenced. People with opinions different from the ruling establishment have been victimised.
“There is an all-pervasive atmosphere of fear and strife across the country. Bluff, bluster and intimidation have been the governance philosophy of the Modi government. Truth and transparency have been brazenly tossed aside,” she said.
‘There is now near-universal recognition that the mandate of 2014 has been betrayed. I look upon this slightly differently. That mandate itself was obtained by deceit and dishonesty, by misleading the people. It was inevitable that it would be found out and exposed sooner or later. That is exactly what has happened,” she said.
Apparently, Gandhi resorted to such tenor a days after the inclusion of Priyanka Gandhi in the Congress, officially, lending credence to the general notion that the party she leads is no more in a mood to take things lying low and is prepared to take the bull by the horns.
(With inputs from agency)
