Delhi: The second day of the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha turned into a warzone after Rahul Gandhi fired multiple salvos at the BJP government and PM Modi on Wednesday. After the Congress leader's address, BJP's Smriti Irani stood up to bat on behalf of the centre.
While tackling Rahul Gandhi's statements on the ongoing Manipur violence, Irani slapped the Kashmiri Pandits' genocide issue on the Opposition's face. She targeted the Gandhi family over the long-forgotten issue and said, "The Gandhis don't want to mention about the Kashmiri Pandits. They don't want to address the atrocities invoked on the original residents of J&K."
Further escalating her attack on the Gandhis over dynasty politics, Union Minister and BJP MP Smriti Irani said, "You are not India, for India is not corrupt. India believes in merit not in dynasty & today of all the days people like you need to remember what was told to the British - Quit India. Corruption Quit India, Dynasty Quit India. Merit now finds place in India..."
Further attacking the Congress party and the Opposition on Manipur violence, Irani said, "Bharat maa ki hatya ki baat karne wale kabhi bhi mez nahi thapthapate. Congressiyo ne baith kar maa ki hatya ke liye mez thapthapaai hai..." (Those who talk about the murder of Mother India never thump the table. The Congressmen sat and thumped the table for the murder of the mother.)
Opposition Of Running Away From Debate: Irani
Irani also accused the Opposition of running away from the debate even when the government was ready for it. "Parliamentary Affairs minsiter Pralhad Joshi, Union Home Minsiter Amit Shah & Defence Minsiter Rajnath Singh repeatedly said that the government is ready to debate on the Manipur issue. The opposition ran away from it, we did not," said Smriti Irani.
