Congress leader and MP-Elect Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is quiet on the paper leak controversy because he is “crippled”, in an apparent reference to the BJP’s reliance on its allies, adding that his priority is the election of Lok Sabha Speaker.
Speaking at a press conference over alleged anomalies in NEET and the termination of UGC-NET, Rahul Gandhi claimed that Prime Minister Modi has “psychologically collapsed” since the elections and will find it difficult to lead a government in this manner.
When asked about the government’s alleged inaction after the accused admitted receiving NEET-UG question papers in advance, Gandhi said, “Silence is because the PM is crippled. Right now, the PM’s main agenda is the (election of) Speaker. He is bothered about his government and Speaker…The prime minister has psychologically collapsed and, knowing his personality, he will struggle to run a government like this.”
Gandhi claimed that Modi’s approach to governance was meant to spread fear among the people.
“But now people are not scared of him. You saw the other day, in Varanasi, someone threw a ‘chappal’ on his car,” he said. “Before the elections, if someone wanted to hit him, there was fear, now that fear has ended. There are internal problems too, there are problems in their party, there are issues in their parent organization.”
Taking aim at the prime minister’s image, the former president of the Congress also said that the opposition has demolished the “concept of Narendra Modi.”
“Now no one is afraid of him. People ridicule him…The chest which was earlier 56 inches, now I cannot give the number, but it has become 30-32 (inches),” he said.
Additionally, he stated that the opposition will bring up the matter of exam paper leaks in parliament.
Alleged irregularities in the NEET medical entrance test have sparked a big controversy, and the Supreme Court is now looking at the matter. In response to reports that the exam’s integrity may have been compromised, the Union education ministry ordered the cancellation of the UGC-NET on Wednesday night. The CBI will now conduct a probe into the matter.
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