NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi once again trained guns at the Bhartiya Janata Party ( BJP ) on Friday when he claimed that there was song and dance at the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony, business tycoons Ambani and Adani were invited but the saffron party forgot to invite a single farmer.
Speaking at a rally in Haryana's Hisar district ahead of the state assembly elections, Rahul said, "When the temple in Ayodhya opened you could see Adani, Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan, but you could not see one farmer, that is how Awedesh (Samajwadi Party candidate) defeated them, he won because whole India is seeing. You opened the temple and told the President that since you are a tribal you can't come inside, you're not allowed," Rahul said while addressing a rally in Haryana's Hisar district on Friday.
"After that they invited Amitabh Bachchan, Adani, Ambani, but did not allow a labourer, did you see a worker (there) or a farmer? Naach-gana chal raha hai (there was song and dance), this is your reality," he added.
He further alleged that the BJP told President Droupadi Murmu that she "could not come inside the temple, because she is a tribal."
This was not the first time Rahul attacked the BJP over the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. Speaking at a public gathering in Chhattisgarh during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, he had also questioned the absence of poor people at the Ram temple ceremony on January 22.
"I saw Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Ambani, and Adani, but not a single farmer or labourer. All the billionaires were there, giving long speeches, while the voices of the poor were ignored," the Congress leader had said.
The Pran Prathistha of the Ram Mandir was on January 22, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the ceremony.
The Congress leader also said that his party will not permit any attempts to undermine the "Constitution of BR Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, and the poor people of India." He said, "The Constitution protects the poor. And these RSS people want to undermine it. It is their target."
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha claimed that the drug problem is worsening in Haryana. "But no action has been taken following the heroin seizure at Adani port in Gujarat," he alleged.
Gandhi accused the BJP government of failing to guarantee fair prices for farmers' produce. "We have decided that we will implement a minimum support price," he said.
He also condemned the BJP-led government for the Agnipath scheme, alleging that it has deprived soldiers of their rights, such as pensions. "An Agniveer knows that while the name suggests a soldier, their rights like pensions, canteen access, and martyr status have been stolen," he said.
Outlining his party's promises for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections on October 5, Gandhi pledged Rs 2,000 per month for women, cooking gas cylinders at Rs 500, and an old-age pension of Rs 6,000 if his party comes to power. He assured that two lakh vacant government jobs would be filled fairly across all castes.
At another rally in Assandh, Karnal, Congress MP Kumari Selja urged voters to support the party, saying, "People are fed up with BJP's misgovernance over the past ten years. The time has come to oust them from power."
Speaking at a rally in Haryana's Hisar district ahead of the state assembly elections, Rahul said, "When the temple in Ayodhya opened you could see Adani, Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan, but you could not see one farmer, that is how Awedesh (Samajwadi Party candidate) defeated them, he won because whole India is seeing. You opened the temple and told the President that since you are a tribal you can't come inside, you're not allowed," Rahul said while addressing a rally in Haryana's Hisar district on Friday.
"After that they invited Amitabh Bachchan, Adani, Ambani, but did not allow a labourer, did you see a worker (there) or a farmer? Naach-gana chal raha hai (there was song and dance), this is your reality," he added.
He further alleged that the BJP told President Droupadi Murmu that she "could not come inside the temple, because she is a tribal."
This was not the first time Rahul attacked the BJP over the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. Speaking at a public gathering in Chhattisgarh during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, he had also questioned the absence of poor people at the Ram temple ceremony on January 22.
"I saw Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Ambani, and Adani, but not a single farmer or labourer. All the billionaires were there, giving long speeches, while the voices of the poor were ignored," the Congress leader had said.
The Pran Prathistha of the Ram Mandir was on January 22, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the ceremony.
The Congress leader also said that his party will not permit any attempts to undermine the "Constitution of BR Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, and the poor people of India." He said, "The Constitution protects the poor. And these RSS people want to undermine it. It is their target."
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha claimed that the drug problem is worsening in Haryana. "But no action has been taken following the heroin seizure at Adani port in Gujarat," he alleged.
Gandhi accused the BJP government of failing to guarantee fair prices for farmers' produce. "We have decided that we will implement a minimum support price," he said.
He also condemned the BJP-led government for the Agnipath scheme, alleging that it has deprived soldiers of their rights, such as pensions. "An Agniveer knows that while the name suggests a soldier, their rights like pensions, canteen access, and martyr status have been stolen," he said.
Outlining his party's promises for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections on October 5, Gandhi pledged Rs 2,000 per month for women, cooking gas cylinders at Rs 500, and an old-age pension of Rs 6,000 if his party comes to power. He assured that two lakh vacant government jobs would be filled fairly across all castes.
At another rally in Assandh, Karnal, Congress MP Kumari Selja urged voters to support the party, saying, "People are fed up with BJP's misgovernance over the past ten years. The time has come to oust them from power."
