BJP President Nitin Nabin criticized Rahul Gandhi for opposing birthday celebrations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Through the Reader lens: BJP national president Nitin Nabin defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday celebrations, which included a large-scale lamp-lighting event in Ujjain. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi had previously criticized the government for hosting such festivities while tribal children in Balaghat were dying due to inadequate healthcare and malnutrition. The political exchange highlighted ongoing tensions between the ruling BJP and the Congress party regarding government priorities and state governance.
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Rahul Gandhi
2 quotes“In Balaghat, more than 30 tribal children have died amid illness, malnutrition, and a lack of basic health facilities. The extent of the callousness is such that innocent children kept dying, yet the response remained sluggish, and the government stayed asleep.”
In the article
…in Balaghat district, Mr. Gandhi criticised the Madhya Pradesh government for organising the event, held on the banks of Shipra river in Ujjain, to light more than 25 lakh earthen lamps for Mr. Modi’s birthday. “ In Balaghat, more than 30 tribal children have died amid illness, malnutrition, and a lack of basic health facilities. The extent of the callousness is such that innocent children kept dying, yet the response remained sluggish, and the government stayed asleep. Mr. Chief Minister, if you’ve found time after lighting lamps and celebrating festivals, take a look at the ground reality in the State,” Mr. Gandhi said. Children were dying because of “lack of disease control,…
“The Madhya Pradesh government is today India’s most corrupt and most incompetent government — that is the truth”
In the article
…system is today the most ruined in the entire country. Students, children, the poor, Dalits, tribals, backward classes, or women — every section is being tormented, no one is happy,” the Congress leader said. “ The Madhya Pradesh government is today India’s most corrupt and most incompetent government — that is the truth ,” Mr. Gandhi alleged. Meanwhile, Mr. Nabin also slammed the Opposition for criticising the vegetarian menu served at the recently held BRICS Summit in New Delhi. “Recently, the grand BRICS Summit took place. The eyes…
Nitin Nabin
1 quote“Many of our Opposition colleagues ask why we call this day ‘seva divas’ (service day). My friends in the Opposition, you only did politics while we worked to unite and further the progress of society”
In the article
…76th birthday as ‘Seva Sankalp Divas’ (service resolution day), and has launched a month-long campaign to mark his 25 years in public life, with BJP governments at the Centre and in States organising various events. “ Many of our Opposition colleagues ask why we call this day ‘seva divas’ (service day). My friends in the Opposition, you only did politics while we worked to unite and further the progress of society ,” Mr. Nabin said. Opposition leaders “cannot understand the meaning of service”, he said. “When 80 crore families of the country receive free rations, when in a calamity like corona (the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic),…
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