Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that the former Congress chief thinks that he has a birthright to rule this country. He also said that Gandhi insulted the OBC community and when the Court convicted him, he said that the court itself is wrong.
“Rahul Gandhi insulted the OBC community and when the Court convicted him, he said that the court itself is wrong. Rahul Gandhi thinks it is his birthright to rule this country,” Ashwini Vaishnaw said as quoted by the news agency ANI.
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP last week which was followed by huge protests by the Congress party. A Surat court on Thursday last week pronounced two years of jail for the party leader in the four-year-old criminal case over the 'Modi surname' remark.
Speaking on Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha, the Union Minister said that the Congress leader was disqualified because of his arrogance. "Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified because of his arrogance. He thinks it is his birthright to rule this country and that is causing all this cognitive dissonance in his mind," Ashwini Vaishnaw told ANI.
Continuing his attack on Rahul Gandhi, Union IT Minister said that Rahul Gandhi does the politics of entitlement. He thinks since he was born into a certain family, he is above the constitution, court, and parliament. “Rahul Gandhi does the politics of entitlement. He thinks since he was born into a certain family, he is above the constitution, court, and parliament. He also thinks that he is above the Constitution of India,” Ashwini Vaishnaw said as quoted by ANI.
Further lashing out at the opposition which is attempting to show unity against the Centre on the Adani issue and Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, the Minister said that all the "corrupt" have come together on a single stage.
"All the corrupt people have come together on a single stage. Their only objective is to derail and disturb the government and the new energy in the country. Those people should remember how the country was looted during the UPA government and conspiracy was hatched to weaken the institutions," he said.
"Those who talk about institutions should answer if the institutions are strengthened by tearing apart the ordinance when the Prime Minister was abroad. This proves that Rahul Gandhi considers himself above every institution," Vaishnaw added citing Rahul Gandhi's old incident in 2013.
Earlier on Tuesday, Taking a jibe at the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that all those who are deeply rooted in corruption have come together and are attacking the constitutional institutions of the country.
PM Modi was addressing an event after inaugurating the newly constructed BJP central office (extension) here in the national capital.
In his address, PM Modi said, "We have a strong foundation of constitutional institutions. That's why to stop India, constitutional institutions are being attacked. Conspiracies are being hatched to defame our institutions and bring down their credibility".
"When agencies take action against those who are deeply rooted in corruption, they attack the agencies. When courts pronounce order, questions are being raised on the judicial system," he added.