Piyush Goyal calls opposition leader Rahul Gandhi “fake news and propaganda machine”
News Mania Desk/ Sohom Chatterjee / 11th September 2024
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday, said that the comments made by Rahul Gandhi in the US were “very unfortunate” as he also claimed that the Congress MP has only criticised the BJP and the country during his international visit.
When speaking about Gandhi’s meeting with US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Goyal said, “He (Rahul Gandhi) has again and again defamed India in his international visits. It seems as if he goes abroad to criticise Indians and his motherland. I condemn the kind of statements and the people whom he is meeting during his foreign trips. He meets Miss Omar who is a known anti-India propagandist and pro-Pakistan.”
The Union Minister also called the opposition leader a “fake news and propaganda machine” against India as he stated, “She (Omar) is known to criticise Kashmir for being a part of India. Such anti-India forces…have become friends of the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi. He interacts with people who raise questions against India in various forums including in the White House.”
Goyal said that Gandhi makes “obnoxious statements on international soil and the whole Congress party is aligned with his thinking.” “He makes statements that India is not safe for a certain section of people, that people do not have a right to practice their faith and that Indians are casteists. He claims that social media influencers come from a particular caste only, meets people who advocate for a separate Kashmir, claims Indians are hateful people and India doesn’t value skilled people. These types of condemnable statements from the Congress party leader reflect the Congress mindset… I condemn Rahul Gandhi’s actions and would appeal to him to care for India, rather than work against the interests of India on foreign soil…”
Speaking further about the comments of Rahul Gandhi on Sikhs in India, the minister wrote on X, “The leader of the party that shielded those behind the massacre of our Sikh brothers and sisters now goes on foreign soil spreading lies about the freedom of Sikhs in India to practice their faith. The fact is neither Rahul Gandhi nor the Congress have the interest of Sikhs or India in mind!” To bolster his claims, Goyal also added a list of things the NDA government has done for the Indian Sikh community.
Home Minister Amit Shah also reacted to the matter as he said via X that Gandhi stands with “forces that conspire to divide the country” and accused him of making anti-national statements. Shah added that the Congress leader has always threatened India’s national security.
