NEW DELHI, May 27:
The BJP today slammed the Congress for its ‘Goebbels’ remarks against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s criticism of UPA Government at the Centre.
“It seems that the Congress party and its spokesperson have crossed all limits of decency in political discourse of the country. The Congress-led UPA Government has made a mess of the affairs of the country and even a criticism of its mal-governance is being responded to in undemocratic manner,” BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters.
Mr Prasad said comparing the comments of Mr Modi who has a very distinguished record of governance as a popular Chief Minister, with Goebbels (Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister during the Nazi regime of Hitler in Germany) was ‘malicious’ and deeply condemnable.
Hitting back at Mr Modi for his criticism of the UPA at BJP rally in Mumbai on Friday, the Congress yesterday said the soul of Joseph Goebbels seemed to have entered the ‘frustrated’ Chief Minister of Gujarat.
“Gujarat Chief Minister is a frustrated man. It seems the soul of Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister during the Nazi regime of Hitler in Germany, has gone inside him. He has crossed all limits,” Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters.
Mr Prasad said not even a single criticism of Mr Modi against the governance of the UPA was factually incorrect.
“Now, even eminent independent observers are also saying the same. The data now confirms that the price rise in last three years of UPA-II has surpassed even the record of UPA-1,” Mr Prasad said.
Mr Prasad alleged that the repeated encroachment of the federal principles and taking away the powers of the states and discrimination was being repeatedly articulated even by the allies and supporters of the UPA Government.
“Calling it factually incorrect and comparing it to Goebbels, who was known for false propaganda exposes the true colour of the Congress. This kind of language was spoken about only during 1975-76 when India was under emergency and democratic rights have been suspended.
This is the India of 2012 and such a language of Congress will not be acceptable,” the BJP MP added.
He said in fact this was an ‘extension’ of the approach of Congress president Sonia Gandhi who had called the criticism by the Opposition as ‘aggressive and irresponsible’.
Mr Prasad further said Army chief General V K Singh has raised certain critical issues about the functioning and decision making of the Ministry of Defence particularly in relation to Army.
The BJP spokesperson said the General has leveled very ‘serious allegation’ about supply and purchase in the armed forces.
“Army is a very important institution of the country and the BJP would like a proper response from the Government which owes a duty to the nation to explain and assure that the country’s defence preparedness is safe and that no attempt is being made to save anyone (corrupt),” Mr Prasad added. (UNI)
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