Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his controversial remarks abroad and asked if the Congress party endorsed his statements, especially those on Sikhs.Stating that as Leader of the Opposition, he should not have misused his freedom of expression to meet those working against the interest of India, and speaking against the country, she said the Congress party should explain if it endorsed his views especially those on Sikhs.
“It’s nothing but a bad time… You can criticise the BJP, the Prime Minister and the government and we are prepared to respond. But just because you have the freedom of expression meeting those working against the interests of India, an anti-India lawmaker, is unacceptable,” Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters here.
Going abroad and speaking with the forces working against India, as a leader of the opposition, its durdasha … his ally, the DMK, if it is patriotic, should question him on this,” she said.
The BJP senior also accused the ruling DMK of creating hurdles to the Centre’s initiatives as it did not want the Modi government to earn a good name from the people.
The DMK’s opposition to the Vishwakarma Yojana, and Hindi showed the extent to which that party went to defame the Centre. “There’s no egalitarian approach in the state. The Dravidian model creates hurdles for the good schemes of the Centre,” she said and claimed no action was taken on those who mixed feces in the drinking water tank of the Scheduled Caste.
“Going abroad and speaking with the forces working against India, as a leader of the opposition, its durdasha … his ally, the DMK, if it is patriotic, should question him on this,” she said.
The BJP senior also accused the ruling DMK of creating hurdles to the Centre’s initiatives as it did not want the Modi government to earn a good name from the people.
The DMK’s opposition to the Vishwakarma Yojana, and Hindi showed the extent to which that party went to defame the Centre. “There’s no egalitarian approach in the state. The Dravidian model creates hurdles for the good schemes of the Centre,” she said and claimed no action was taken on those who mixed feces in the drinking water tank of the Scheduled Caste.