Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing them of delaying helicopters of his and Rahul Gandhi in Jharkhand, and alleged that despite holding cabinet minister rank, the opposition leaders were not given access to reserved airport lounge.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi\u2019s helicopter, which was supposed to take him from Mahagama in Jharkhand\u2019s Godda district after he addressed an election rally there, was grounded for about two hours on Friday, prompting allegations from the Congress that the delay was politically motivated.
Prime Minister Modi was stranded at Deoghar airport for nearly two hours on Friday and a \u2018no-fly zone\u2019 was declared in the region\u2019s airspace as the PM waited for the issue to be resolved, officials said.
\u201cYesterday, our leader Rahul Gandhi\u2019s helicopter was deliberately delayed by two hours as the PM was sitting in his plane. Today, my chopper was delayed by 20 minutes as Union Home Minister Amit Shah was landing. His path was separate and mine was separate.
\u201cRahul Gandhi ji, who is the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, holds a cabinet minister\u2019s rank, and so do I. But in airport\u2019s reserved lounge, they (officials) say it is for Prime Minister Modi, I want to ask can even a toilet be reserved for the PM,\u201d Kharge alleged, without mentioning the name of the airport.
Attacking the BJP over the infiltration issue raked by the party, he alleged that Modi and Shah are frightening people despite having the power to check it.
\u201cAre PM Modi and Amit Shah sleeping? Why can\u2019t they check infiltration despite being in power? When they can stop a helicopter, why can\u2019t they stop infiltrators?\u201d he questioned.
Kharge also accused the Centre of using ED, CBI, I-T against those who help the Congress and its allies.
He alleged that the BJP wanted to form the government in Jharkhand to loot its natural resources.
Further attacking the BJP, he said, \u201cThey say \u2018bant gaye toh kat gaye\u2019 (if divided, we will be wiped out), I say \u2018dar gaye toh mar gaye\u2019 (if you are afraid, you die).\u201d
He also hailed Sarna religious code as a symbol of tribal pride and stressed the need to protect it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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