Congress talking about democracy is like 'devil quoting scriptures': Naidu
November 07, 2016  21:17
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Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi over his strident attack on the Modi government, Information and Broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said his talk of democracy and fundamental rights is like the 'devil quoting scriptures'.

"Every word said by (Rahul) him, suits them and reminds the nation of what they have done. He may not be knowing," Naidu said, reminding people of Emergency clamped by the Congress in 1975.

"The Congress talking of democracy and fundamental rights is like the devil quoting scriptures." Naidu told reporters that the country is vibrant and people from all walks of life feel they have a stake in the governance issues. He claimed that the Congress vice president's outburst at the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday is a result of the party's frustration that even after showing readiness to strike 'unnatural and unholy alliances', it could see no prospect of faring well in Uttar Pradesh or other states.

Naidu justified his ministry's order that Hindi news channel NDTV India be taken off for a day, saying that 21 channels were 'banned' during the United Progressive Alliance regime.

Many of these channels were banned, he said, for airing 'midnight masala' while the present action is with regard to giving details like ammunition depot etc during the Pathankot terror attack.

Referring to Rahul Gandhi, Naidu said he would like to remind him that the UPA government for the first time stipulated the norms of coverage of anti-terror operations.
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