Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 18: Hitting out at Congress, Union Minister of State in PMO, with independent charge of North Eastern States, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the Congress Party under Rahul Gandhi has lost the plot and out of confusion, it has resorted to the pervert practice of celebrating the loss of its security deposits in the Lok Sabha by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, the results of which were declared on March 14.
Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the Central University convocation here, in which he was conferred an honorary degree of Doctorate, Dr Jitendra Singh said, this is perhaps for the first time anywhere in the world that a political party, namely the Congress, is dancing and singing at the outcome of Uttar Pradesh by-polls, unmindful of the fact that its party candidates have lost the security deposits in these polls.
For Congress party, he said, it seems no longer important to win an election, because this party derives greater pleasure if BJP loses an election.
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“Can the Indian nation live with such a political party which has such pervert mind-set”?, he asked.
Taking a dig at the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, Dr Jitendra Singh said, why did the Congress party not find fault with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) when they continued to be in UPA Government for 10 years by winning two consecutive Lok Sabha elections. “What they say now is a tacit admission of their eminent defeat in 2019 Lok Sabha election”, he added.
He said they did not object the EVMs when they were on winning spree earlier and also did not object to them when they won elections in Punjab.
In response to a query about Opposition trying to project 2019 Lok Sabha election as “Modi versus All”, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the BJP takes it as a compliment. Let someone remind Rahul Gandhi that in early 1970s, the Opposition had made a similar reference to his grandmother by describing it as “Indira Gandhi vs All”, he said.
About the civilians being targeted by Pakistan cross-border firing, Dr Jitendra Singh said, this is not only violation of all the diplomatic norms in any warfare situation, but this is also the reflection of Pakistan Army’s frustration due to heavy casualties suffered by it as a result of the retaliatory action from the Indian side.
Terming the attack on civilians by Pakistani forces as highly objectionable, the Union Minister said Indian security forces have been given freedom in dealing with Pakistan on borders by the Modi Government and the retaliatory action by Indian side under present regime has not been seen ever before.
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