Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi over Independence Day speech, calls him arrogant

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his sleeping elephant remark made during the Independence Day speech saying he was arrogant and had insulted every Indian and his ancestors by belittling contribution of people who worked for countrys progress in the last 70 yearsAddressing an event here on Saturday organised by the Indian Overseas Congress Gandhi also slammed Modi over the Rafale deal saying he could not answer his questions in parliament on the issue Gandhi termed Bharatiya Janata Party BJP chief Amit Shah a murder accusedHe said it will be wrong to say that progress achieved by the country in the last 70 years had been brought by the Congress as people of country had worked for it and the party had only helped the process He said those who predicted that India will break were today saying it is the country that will show the futureHow did this happen Congress only helped but people of India did it Congress brought people together your parents did it your ancestors did it by working in the fields and when the Prime Minister says that before he came nothing happened in this country he is not saying this about Congress he is insulting every Indian his parents grand parents But the media is with himI was sitting during his Independence Day address He said before the national flag that before he came India was a sleeping elephant and he woke it up How much arrogance he has The Prime Minister of India cannot understand if India has strength it is not due to an individual if sweat has been given it has been given by farmers small businessmen industrialists judges everybody together Gandhi saidHe also said Congress speaks the truth Gandhi said Congress was started by NRIs nonresident Indians and described Mahatma Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru Sardar Patel BR Ambedkar as NRIs They went out saw the world thought in a fresh way and then helped the country You are following their footsteps he saidGandhi said if NRIs were asked about their religion caste when they arrived first at the airport here and told that they will not get anything and cannot serve the country how they would have felt This is what is happening in India If you are Dalit tribal farmer poor you wont get anything If you speak more you will be beaten India is being changed its power is being weakened he said adding that institutions such as Supreme Court Election Commission and RBI are being destroyedGandhi said Modi remained silent when diamond trader Nirav Modi escaped when Supreme Court judges talked about Judge Loyas death and when a BJP MLA was accused of rape He said made in China stuff was flooding the Indian market and he wanted to see local places shine as manufacturing hubs Gandhi said loans of industrialists have been waived but Modi was not willing to give farm loan waiverAlso Read Rahul Gandhi Forms Key Panels For 2019 PollsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever