JP Nadda Slams Congress Party For 'Pettiness & Duplicity' In Letter To Sonia Gandhi

Nadda said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's fight against Covid is driven by unwavering belief in principles of science, support to innovation, trust in our Covid warriors and cooperative federalism.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janta Party President JP Nadda in a letter to Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi lashed out her party 'conduct'. He said that the party members  including their former President Rahul Gandhi will be remembered for its "duplicity and pettiness" in the fight against the Covid pandemic.

The Congress party have been critical of the Centre, mainly the way it is handling the Covid crisis in the country. Nadda urged Congress to stop misleading people, creating false panic and even contradicting their stands just based on political considerations.

In a four page letter, Nadda wrote, "In this fight against the pandemic, the conduct of the topmost Congress leaders including former Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be remembered for duplicity and pettiness."

"Your party, under your leadership, is doing no favours to itself by opposing lockdowns and then demanding for the same, ignoring the Centre's advisories on the second wave of Covid and then saying they did not get any information, holding massive election rallies in Kerala causing a spike in Covid cases while grandstanding about election rallies elsewhere, supporting protests but speaking about following Covid guidelines," Nadda further said. 

Lashing out at Rahul, Nadda said conduct of Rahul and other top leaders will be remembered for duplicity and pettiness. Nadda told Sonia that Congress is not doing any favours to itself by demanding lockdowns and then opposing the same, holding massive rallies in Kerala and grandstanding about rallies elsehwhere.

Nadda added that some states failed to track the rising cases. "Why are mortality rates so high in Punjab? These are questions you must ask your own Chief Ministers," Nadda said pointing fingers at Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

Pointing to the Union Government criticism for the Central Vista project by Congress, Nadda wrote, "Now, there is a new trend in the Congress party to put all the blame on the Central Vista project. I would like to remind you that the need for a new Parliament was raised as early as the UPA times."

He wrote that former Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar had underscored the need for a new Parliament building. "The Union Urban Development Minister has addressed a large number of other queries regarding the project. Yet, the Congress does not believe in facts. People are also contrasting the Congress' stand on Central Vista with the Chhattisgarh Government going ahead to build a new assembly complex," he wrote.

He further wrote, "I could go on about such follies but as said, our focus is solely on the pandemic and not on politics. My letter to you is not only as the President of another political party. I have also had the honour of serving of as India's Health Minister. I have seen at close quarters the sacrifices our medical staff make so that others are healthy. They risk their lives so that fellow Indians can unite with their families. "

"You must ask yourselves - in times as these, is your party's conduct weakening the morale of these Covid-warriors? Deliberately or otherwise, are your actions trying to weaken this fight against Covid-19?," he wrote.

Nadda said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's fight against Covid is driven by unwavering belief in principles of science, support to innovation, trust in our Covid warriors and cooperative federalism.

"I assure you that the Government of India will continue being proactive so that we defeat the virus and get ahead with economic as well as social empowerment," Nadda told Sonia Gandhi.