The Congress leader said had there been no vote theft, INDIA bloc would have been in power at Centre
NALANDA/NEW DELHI – Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “coward”, who cannot stand up to US President Donald Trump, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday challenged him (Modi) to contradict Trump and say that he (the US President) was lying about having stopped Operation Sindoor.
Addressing a huge rally in Nalanda in poll-bound Bihar, Gandhi noted that President Trump had humiliated Prime Minister Modi over fifty times, repeatedly claiming that he made him stop the war — yet Modi was keeping quiet.
Accusing Modi of trying to run away and hide from Trump, Gandhi said he (Modi) was avoiding meeting the US President and had not even gone to the US. “Modi does not have the courage to say that the US President was lying,” he said.
Drawing a comparison, Rahul Gandhi pointed out, in 1971, the US threatened India with its Seventh Fleet, but the then prime minister Indira Gandhi stood her ground and told the US in clear terms that India would do what it needed to do.
Comparing the two situations, he added, “Modi is a coward. He neither has vision nor the courage to stand up to Trump. This is the truth and I challenge him to say it here in Bihar, where he is addressing public meetings, that the US President is lying and that he did not stop Operation Sindoor at his instance.”
Instead of confronting Trump, Gandhi said, Modi was busy stealing votes and manipulating elections to undermine the Constitution of Dr BR Ambedkar. “They barely managed to win the last general elections even after stealing votes,” he noted, adding, “had there been no vote theft, the INDIA bloc would have been in power at the Centre.”
Recalling the past glory of Nalanda and Bihar, the senior Congress leader promised that the same glory would be restored, with Nalanda once again emerging as a global centre of knowledge and learning.
Expressing confidence that the Mahagathbandhan government would be formed in Bihar this time, he said, by restoring Nalanda to its historic grandeur, a message would be conveyed across India that people of Bihar are not merely meant to do physical labour, but they possess academic and intellectual prowess and brilliance as well.
He pointed out that in ancient times, people from Japan, China, and Korea would visit Nalanda to gain knowledge and education.
Asserting that the current government is run by Modi, Amit Shah, and Nagpur (RSS) while Nitish Kumar is merely a mask. Nitish’s remote control lies in Modi’s hands. “Modi presses the button and Nitish plays to his tune,” he remarked, adding, Mahagathbandhan will change all this and form a people’s government in Bihar — one that represents all sections of society including the Extremely Backward Classes, Backward Classes, Dalits, Maha Dalits, minorities, the general castes, farmers, and labourers.
