Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign, the Congress on Saturday alleged that PM Modi is a ‘chowkidar of rich and criminals’.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said,”You did chowkidari for Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, Vijay Mallya. You are doing chowkidari of your degrees, documents related to the Rafale deal. It is evident in the manner in which you ensured CBI doesn’t file appeal in Amit Shah case. You shielded other accused like Aseemanand, DG Vanjara, Maya Kodnani.”
He alleged that delay in appointment of Lokpal was because Modi wanted to shield the corrupt.
Two days back, the government appointed former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghosh as India’s first Lokpal.
“You appointed new Lokpal only recently. For five years, you didn’t allow appointment of Lokpal, fearing you might be caught,” the senior leader said.
He also attacked the Prime Minister for sudden note ban, failing to create jobs and no appointment of Lokpal for five years. “You do chowkidari for data, ensuring that statistics related to jobs and crime don’t come out in public domain,” he added.
The Congress leader also cornered the BJP government over host of issues such as cow vigilantism, decline in the GDP and farmers debt.
“123 people have been killed to protect cows. Where in the world have people been killed to protect cows? There is decline in GDP by 2 per cent. Farmers are reeling under debt. And do you have idea about the plight of real chowkidars? They don’t have money to eat”, he asserted.
