New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Thursday blamed BJP for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, drawing a sharp retort from Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who said the Congress is now 'desperate'.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeatedly targeting Rajiv Gandhi in his campaign speeches, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel tweeted, "Rajiv ji lost his life due to their hatred and is no longer here amongst us to answer the baseless allegations and abuses which are being unleashed on him. Abusing a martyred Prime Minister is the sign of ultimate cowardice."
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Abusing a martyred Prime Minster is the sign of ultimate cowardice
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) May 9, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
But who is responsible for his assassination ?
The BJP backed VP Singh govt refused to provide him with additional security & left him with one PSO despite credible intelligence inputs and repeated requests
">Abusing a martyred Prime Minster is the sign of ultimate cowardice
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) May 9, 2019
But who is responsible for his assassination ?
The BJP backed VP Singh govt refused to provide him with additional security & left him with one PSO despite credible intelligence inputs and repeated requestsAbusing a martyred Prime Minster is the sign of ultimate cowardice
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) May 9, 2019
But who is responsible for his assassination ?
The BJP backed VP Singh govt refused to provide him with additional security & left him with one PSO despite credible intelligence inputs and repeated requests
"But who is responsible for his assassination? The BJP backed V P Singh govt refused to provide him with additional security and left him with one PSO despite credible intelligence inputs and repeated requests," he alleged.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley then hit back at Patel, saying that a 'desperate Congress' has 'discovered' Bharatiya Janata Party's role in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi 28 years after the incident.
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From May 1991 till 2004, the Congress blamed its present ally the DMK for Shri Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. It even withdrew support from the United Front government on this ground. 28 years later, today a desperate Congress has discovered a BJP role.
— Chowkidar Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) May 9, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">From May 1991 till 2004, the Congress blamed its present ally the DMK for Shri Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. It even withdrew support from the United Front government on this ground. 28 years later, today a desperate Congress has discovered a BJP role.
— Chowkidar Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) May 9, 2019From May 1991 till 2004, the Congress blamed its present ally the DMK for Shri Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. It even withdrew support from the United Front government on this ground. 28 years later, today a desperate Congress has discovered a BJP role.
— Chowkidar Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) May 9, 2019
He took to the micro-blogging web site to mount a scathing attack on the Congress party and said, "From December 1990 till May 1991, when Shri Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, the Congress Party supported Chandra Shekhar government was in power. From May 1991 till 2004, the Congress blamed its present ally the DMK for Shri Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. It even withdrew support from the United Front government on this ground. 28 years later, today a desperate Congress has discovered a BJP role."
Rajiv Gandhi became a campaign point after Modi called the late Prime Minister a "brashtachari no 1" (corrupt no 1) a few days ago. Ever since, there have been attacks and counter attacks between the Congress and BJP.
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