Why should I listen to him, asks Rahul Gandhi in reply to PM Modi’s interview


Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interview aired on Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that pressure from central agencies doesn’t work on him.

“In an interview yesterday, Modiyeah said ‘Rahul doesn’t listen’. Did you understand what he meant? It meant that pressure by the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation doesn’t work on Rahul and he does not back down. Why should I listen to him,” Rahul Gandhi said at a public rally in Uttarakhand.

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Speaking to news agency ANI, PM Modi on Wednesday had said that he cannot reply to a “person who does not listen and does not sit in the house”. Asked about Rahul Gandhi’s questions on unemployment and the India-China issue, PM Modi had said, “I have given facts on every subject and spoken on every subject on the basis of facts. On some subjects, our external affairs ministry and defense ministry have given detailed answers and wherever it was necessary, I had also spoken. How do I reply to a person who does not listen, and does not sit in the house?”

PM Modi stressed that his government believes in dialogue and does not attack anyone.

“We don’t attack anyone, instead we believe in holding dialogue. At times, there are debates (vaad-vivaad), interruptions (toka-taki) (in Parliament), I welcome this and that is why I don’t have any reason to be miffed (on these subjects),” PM Modi said.

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Rahul Gandhi, who is in Uttarakhand, campaigning for the upcoming polls, said earlier: “When in power, we’ll give employment to four lakh people and LPG cylinder will be provided for less than Rs 500. More than five lakh poor families of the state will be given Rs 40,000 per year under our ‘Nyay scheme’ to eliminate poverty in the state.”




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