NEW DELHI : Paying back to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s rhetoric-How much does he know when will he know, targeting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi–the opposition party has shot back saying “How much does he hear – when will he hear” aiming at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ‘silence and inaction over contentious issues’.
“In May 2014, India witnessed a phenomenon a man castigated by the global community for his politics of hatred, was elected to lead the world’s largest Democracy..,..There was tremendous hope attached with that victory hope of a billion plus nation and its young impressionable minds who were enraptured by the billion dreams the man held out to them”, the party observed in a strong worded note released last night.
As one evolves from Chief Minister to Prime Minister, people certainly expect a certain level of maturity, a certain degree of willingness to listen and outgrow the love of one’s own voice..,..But after two years of unease, unrest and numerous confrontations, people have begun to wonder – how much does he hear when will he hear, the party said.
“He didn’t hear the impassioned pleas of students who were fighting RSS imposed mediocrity in FTII..,..He didn’t hear the wails of the family of Mohammed Akhlaq, who was dragged out of his home and lynched by a mob on the suspicion that he had stored beef”, the party went on stating in the note.
“He didn’t hear the agonising pleas of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula who was forced to end his life because he had opposed the ABVP..,..He responded to Rohith’s pleas 5 days after his tragic death, when Dalit students embarrassed the PM by raising slogans during his speech..,..He didn’t hear Kanhaiya’s speech at JNU, but his government chose to listen to the doctored videos that were circulated by members/supporters of BJP”, it alleged.
“He doesn’t even listen to own Ministers..,..He himself decides when to stop talking to Pakistan and when to restart diplomacy by diverting plane..,His Ministers have to later scramble to find new words spontaneous diplomacy to describe his ill-advised moves hatched mid-air in his mind..,..the result – an attack on our air installation in Pathankot and death of seven brave soldiers”, the party reiterated.
“Does he listen to India’s farmers and the ailing agriculture sector if he did, they wouldn’t be committing suicide..,..Does he listen to pleas for action against corrupt Ministers if he did, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel, Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, would have all been sacked by now”, the party quipped.
“Unfortunately, the Prime Minister’s views are shaped by the environment of a thought process which has evolved into a crowd around the Sangh Parivar….His views are shaped by his rich industrialist friends, who have become even richer during his tenure, and may be the only people who get heard in his government,” it noted sarcastically.
”One third of his term is over..,..Almost all his electoral promises have been broken, save one, the promise of providing constant stream of events that quickly fade into oblivion,” it said.
”Despite Delhi, and then Bihar – clear reminders of how the wind has begun to change direction, he has decided to ignore it, perhaps too consumed by his own publicity campaigns, and the sound of his own voice. It is time to get real..,..theatrics in Parliament may be good entertainment for his supporters..,..but pulses are still selling at more than double the price when he took office..,..It is his job to deliver, and ours to ask questions..,..this is just a reminder”, the opposition party warned. (AGENCIES)
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