Smriti Irani slams Rahul Gandhi over his tweet mocking PM Narendra Modi

On Saturday, July 15, Union Minister and senior BJP chief Smriti Irani slammed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “silence” on the Manipur problem. 

Calling Rahul Gandhi a “frustrated dynast”, Smriti Irani lambasted the Gandhi scion saying that Rahul Gandhi recurrently seeks overseas intervention in India’s inside issues and mocks India when PM Modi acquired a nationwide honour. 

“A man who seeks international intervention in India’s internal matters, a frustrated dynast who sullies the ‘Make in India’ ambition mocks India when our PM receives a National honour. Rejected by people, he seethes as defence contracts no longer land at the doorstep of dynasty,” Irani tweeted. 

A person who seeks worldwide intervention in India’s inside issues, a annoyed dynast who sullies the ‘Make in India’ ambition mocks India when our PM receives a National honour. Rejected by individuals, he seethes as defence contracts not land on the doorstep of dynasty. https://t.co/OcpTPd7gdy

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) July 15, 2023

Irani’s tweet got here in response to Gandhi’s tweet whereby he took a dig at PM Modi saying that whereas European Parliament is discussing India’s inside matter—Manipur violence, the prime minister Modi has not mentioned something on the difficulty. He additionally mocked India’s defence cope with France to obtain Rafale Marine jets and PM Modi’s presence on the Bastille Day parade.

“Manipur burns. EU Parliament discusses India’s internal matter. PM hasn’t said a word on either! Meanwhile, Rafale gets him a ticket to the Bastille Day Parade.” Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Saturday.

Manipur burns. EU Parliament discusses India’s inside matter.

PM hasn’t mentioned a phrase on both!

Meanwhile, Rafale will get him a ticket to the Bastille Day Parade.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 15, 2023

It is notable the European Parliament held an ‘urgent’ dialogue on the Manipur problem on July twelfth 2023 throughout its plenary session at Strasbourg. The dialogue was scheduled beneath ‘Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the Rule of Law’.

The European Parliament’s transfer was met with extreme criticism from the Indian authorities because the Ministry of External Affairs on July thirteenth issued an announcement terming the European Parliament’s interference in India’s inside issues as not solely unacceptable but in addition mirrors their colonial mindset. The MEA additionally suggested to “utilize its time more productively on its internal issues.”

Irony died a painful demise when a ‘disqualified’ MP Rahul Gandhi who has a observe document of determined makes an attempt at looking for overseas intervention in India’s inside issues tried to nook PM Modi over European Parliament discussing the Manipur problem whose most members can hardly even find Manipur on a map. 

Recently, Rahul Gandhi was criticised by the BJP over his assembly with Sunita Vishwanath, the co-founder of a US-based organisation referred to as “Hindus for Human Rights”. Notably, Vishwanath’s organisation, funded by George Soros, has a historical past of peddling vicious lies and propaganda towards Hindus. BJP alleged that the Congress scion has hyperlinks with controversial financier and billionaire George Soros. 

OpIndia has intimately reported on how Rahul Gandhi over the previous couple of years has been looking for overseas intervention in India’s inside points. During his UK go to in March this 12 months, Rahul Gandhi urged the US and Europe to intervene to “restore” democracy in India. Rahul claimed that Europe and the US usually are not doing sufficient to revive democracy in India as they’re getting commerce and cash from the nation.

Rahul Gandhi’s assault on PM Modi over Rafale deal regardless of Supreme Court dismissing corruption allegations

As the Indian Navy was on the lookout for choices to exchange its ageing fleet of MiG-29K, the Defence Ministry on July thirteenth permitted a proposal to purchase 26 Rafale fighter plane and three Scorpene class typical submarines for the Indian Navy from France. It is value noting that By the tip of 2022, France had delivered all 36 Rafale fighter jets to India beneath a deal inked in September 2016. 

In the 12 months 2019, forward of the Lok Sabha elections, the opposition led a vicious marketing campaign towards the Narendra Modi authorities, spearheaded by the Congress get together, to insinuate a rip-off within the Rafale deal. Multiple petitions have been filed within the Supreme Court by Congress-friendly individuals equivalent to Prashant Bhushan and others, urging the courtroom to intervene and mandate a court-monitored investigation into the deal.  However, the Supreme Court rejected them in 2018, ruling them to be with out advantage. Later, in 2019, the Supreme Court denied overview petitions as properly.

Despite the Supreme Court verdict, Rahul Gandhi used the Rafale deal to assault PM Modi and rating political factors. The Congress scion led the notorious ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ marketing campaign in 2019 alleging that Prime Minister Modi has been concerned in alleged corruption within the Rafale deal. In April 2019, Gandhi whereas campaigning at a rally blatantly lied that the Supreme Court order says, “Chowkidar Chor Hai”. BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi had filed a contempt plea towards the assertion on which the SC had issued a discover to Rahul Gandhi. The courtroom had acknowledged that it has by no means mentioned so.

Although PM Modi used the Congress Chowkidar Chor Hai jibe to his benefit together with his vastly fashionable “Main Bhi Chowkidar” marketing campaign, Rahul Gandhi had no selection however to tender an unconditional apology earlier than the Supreme Court for “unintentionally and inadvertently” attributing the ‘Chowkidar Chow hai’ jibe towards Prime Minister Modi to the courtroom’s order on the Rafale Review petition.

Despite Rahul Gandhi and the opposition’s mudslinging towards the Modi authorities and the prime minister the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance registered a historic victory within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.