Congress President Rahul Gandhi has drawn severe criticism for politicizing the illness of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He used the hospitalization of the BJP stalwart to exalt the culture of his own party.
We had contested against Vajpayee ji but when he is ill now I went to meet him on priority because I am a soldier of Congress. Vajpayee Ji had worked for our country and we respect him as he was the Prime Minister. This is our culture: Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/GKxfrRa64K
— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2018
Addressing a rally in Mumbai, he said, “Vajpayee ji is ill, who went first? I went to meet him at the hospital. Though he fought against us, Vajpayee ji worked for nation-building.” He went on to add, “LK Advani has been the guru of PM Modi, but I have seen in events that PM Modi does not even respect his guru. Today I feel very sad for Advani ji. The Congress party has given him more respect than Modi Ji.”
People on Social Media were quick to remind him of the manner in which the Congress party ill-treated PV Narasimha Rao, another former Prime Minister, who is credited with ushering the era of liberalization of the economy.
Since you talking about your party culture ,
How shamelessly Sonia Gandhi denied P. V. Narasimha Rao’s dead body in Delhi Congress HQ https://t.co/cvngr40Jr8— Rishi Bagree ?? (@rishibagree) June 12, 2018
A mere protocol courtesy.
Tell us about what your Italian culture made you to do to PV Narasimha Rao. https://t.co/JjYrxLGihD
— विनोद शर्मा ?? (@vinod_sharma) June 12, 2018
You don’t need to lie. We know your culture. How the doors of the congress headquarter were kept shut by your mother for another former PM of India PVNR. You humiliated your own in death only to prevent his projection as a pan-India leader https://t.co/HescaEyKdW
— Monica (@TrulyMonica) June 12, 2018
Rebel Congress leader Shehzad Poonawalla also claimed that AIIMS had explicitly asked Rahul Gandhi not to visit for health concerns. But Rahul ignored their pleas and went to meet Vajpayee anyway just to score political points.
I am saddened to tell u this
AIIMS told Rahul Gandhi not to visit Aṭal Bihari Vajpayee due to health concerns
He ignored their pleas & still went only for politics
sad truth!
Today after Rahul claimed credit over this I was forced to disclose this#ShamefulPolitics
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) June 12, 2018
Shehzad added that according to AIIMS, till 7:30 pm, owing to the tests Vajpayee was undergoing, wellwishers were asked to avoid visiting him, but Rahul Gandhi paid no heed.
Here is the truth:
Till 7:30pm or so AIIMS did not want anybody to visit Vajpayee ji due to tests, etc
Rahul Gandhi knew this but went anyway as political points needed to be scored!
Others incl @narendramodi followed rules ; Rahul put politics over an ailing Vajpayee first https://t.co/ALVyawupN2
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) June 12, 2018
The Congress President who has a history of embarrassing himself in public recently made himself an object of further ridicule after he declared that founder of the soft drink Coca Cola was a Shikhanji vendor in America. Earlier today, a Court in Bhiwandi had framed charges against him in a defamation case filed against him by an RSS worker in 2014.
