BJP is jealous of success of ‘Khat Sabha’: Ghulam Nabi Azad

09 Sep 2016 Evaluate

Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) for calling congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Khat Sabha’ a flop show, Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said that this reflected the frustration and jealousy on the part of saffron party that has not been able to host such a thriving programme. He added that ‘all of Rahul Gandhi’s programmes are extremely successful whether you talk about ‘Khat Sabha’ or the padyatra in the city and villages. Wherever he’s going, he’s doing extremely well. What else can the BJP do?’

Azad also downplayed the cots controversy and said the Congress vice-president has given a befitting reply to the BJP. He added that ‘I agree with Rahulji’s comments. The BJP is calling these poor farmers thieves because they walked away with a Khat. However, big businessmen involved in scandals worth crores are not thieves because the government helps them leave the country’. He mentioned that the agenda of this kisan yatra is to have the loans of poor farmers excused so that they can have a debt free existence.

Rahul Gandhi had earlier responded to the same allegetions by saying, ‘Kisan khatiye le jata hai, to wo ‘chor’ kehte hain. Magar jab bade bade udyogpati Mallya jaise bhaag jate hai, toh usse ‘defaulter’ kehte hain’. State BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya had alleged that villagers were lured into attending the ‘Khat Sabha’ on the promise of getting cots. Maurya said that the khat loot that followed proves us right. It also shows that the villagers had come for the cots than to hear.

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