Rahul taunts Modi over MJ Akbar, tells MP voters 'Beti bachao from BJP leaders'

October 16, 2018 17:51

Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modis Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao slogan, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the slogan should be changed to Beti Padhao, BJP ke netaonse, mantrionse, MLAs se beti bachao (save the daughter from BJP leaders, ministers, and MLAs) in the wake of recent allegations of sexual harassment against BJP ministers.

Addressing a rally in Sheopur district of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the Congress president said, Modiji ne bahot accha nara diya tha Beti Padhao Beti Bachao. Narendra Modi ke mantri par sawal uthaya jaata hai. Uttar Pradesh me BJP ka MLA balatkar karta hai rape karta hai. Pradhan Mantri ke muh se ek shabd nahi nikalta (Modiji had given a good slogan Beti Padhao Beti Bachao. Narendra Modis minister is questioned. A BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh commits rape but the prime minister does not utter a word).

Gandhi was taking a dig at the prime minister over the allegations of sexual misconduct against Union minister M J Akbar and the rape charges against BJPs Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. Not only the PM but even the (BJP) chief ministers in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh did not say a word, Gandhi said. He said the slogan should be tweaked to read Beti Padhao BJP ke netaonse, mantrionse, MLAs se beti bachao (save the daughter from BJP leaders, ministers and MLAs).

Akbar, the minister of state for external affairs in the NDA government, has been accused by over a dozen women of sexual misconduct. The Opposition parties led by the Congress have been actively seeking the Centres response over the matter and have been demanding Akbars resignation from the cabinet of ministers. Akbar, however, has rubbished the charges against him and have filed a criminal defamation case against one of the accusers, journalist Priya Ramani.

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