Anything PM says has a question mark: Raj Babbar

Team Udayavani, Apr 19, 2019, 5:30 PM IST

Agra(UP): There is a question mark on anything Narendra Modi says which is not a good reflection on someone occupying the prime minister’s post, Congress leader Raj Babbar has said.

The Uttar Pradesh unit chief of the Congress also asserted that his party, which was reduced to just two seats in the state in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls – Rae Bareli and Amethi – has “not vanished” and will revive.

“Even the Supreme Court’s decision of re-examining the Rafale case has directly put the prime minister in the dock. This is a jolt for Modi ji, no matter what he keeps saying in his defence,” he claimed.

Unfazed by remarks hurled against him by rivals during election campaigning, Babbar said people in public life ought to have a control on their language and refrain from using cheap words.

“Such remarks don’t bother me. My parents did not raise me in a culture where I retort to an abuse with another abuse. I firmly believe that people in public life should have a control over their words, respect the dignity of language,” he said.

“When we are in contention for high posts through the electoral process, we should refrain from using cheap language. Those who are younger to us and look up to us should be inspired by our words and learn the importance of language in public life,” he added.

Babbar has this time contested from Fatehpur Sikri where stakes are high for the Congress which is pinning hopes on the actor-turned-politician seeking its revival in the western UP. The seat went to voting on Thursday during the second leg of the seven-phase elections.

Babbar said the Congress has exhibited during the UPA years in power that it has worked for all sections of the society and brought schemes like MNREGA that ensured minimum of 100 days’ employment in rural areas.

In a jibe at the Modi government over the “unfulfilled promises”, he said, “Trust and faith are important in politics and public life. And this is the beauty of democracy that people stop trusting those who fool them once to reach power.”