'Remove your Italian lenses': BJP slams Sonia Gandhi for remarks on country's progress
The BJP has criticized Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for her recent comments regarding the Modi government's performance and the state of Indian democracy. The exchange highlights ongoing political tensions, with the BJP questioning Gandhi's memoir and past party actions.
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This reflects the intense polarization in Indian politics and the ongoing narrative battle between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress party.
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday hit back at Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi over her criticism of the PM Modi government, asking her to "remove Italian lenses" and acknowledge India's progress over the past 12 years. The party also criticised her remarks on the Emergency and questioned the contents of her upcoming memoir, 'Belonging: A Journey of Love'."If you take off your Italian lenses, you will see India clearly: Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Prayas, and India rising as a global power at a 7.8 per cent (GDP) growth rate," news agency PTI quoted BJP Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh as saying.Chugh accused the Congress of using caste, religion and vote-bank politics to divide the country and asked Gandhi to address alleged scams during her party's rule, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the Bhopal gas tragedy in her memoir.He also questioned her silence on the deaths of Indian…
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