Jalandhar, Punjab: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked Congress and Rahul Gandhi over an incident in 2014, saying his helicopter was stopped in Punjab because “Yuvraj (Prince)” is flying to Amritsar.
At the time of the incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had travelled to Punjab to contest national elections after being appointed as the BJP’s presumptive prime minister.
“I was named as prime minister candidate. I had to go to Pathankot and Himachal to campaign. But my helicopter was not allowed to fly to Pathankot because their yuvraj (prince) was also in Amri He is just a MP. Congress has a habit of not allowing the opposition to work,” Prime Minister Modi told a rally in Jalandhar, referring to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The prime minister’s taunts were significant on the day Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s helicopter was banned from taking off from Chandigarh, where a “no-fly zone” has reportedly been enforced as a result of the prime minister’s visit.
The chief minister flies to Hoshiyapur in Punjab state for Rahul Gandhi’s voting rally. However, Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter was allowed to land in Hoshiyapur.
The prime minister also accused Congress of “humiliating Captain Amarind Singh” after trying to obstruct the government and run it by remote control.
Amarinder Singh, who was replaced as chief minister by Congress in September, was on stage when Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke. The former chief minister joined the BJP in Sunday’s Punjab elections.
Referring to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s comments that Amarind Singh’s government is “remotely controlled” by the central government in Delhi, PM Modi said: “They said we don’t want the captain’s government to be controlled by Delhi. Governance. That means congressional government is remotely controlled by a single family, not by the constitution.”
The Prime Minister said Parliament was now “paying for its wrongdoing”.
“Look at Congress. Their own party is falling apart. Their own leaders are exposing them. A party with so much infighting – can it give Punjab a stable government?” PM Modi questioned , apparently alluding to the feud between Chief Minister Chaney and Punjab Congress President Nafyot Sidhu.
The prime minister was speaking at his first rally in Punjab since a security lapse last month, when he was forced to spend 20 minutes on a flyover to the rally due to a blockade by protesters on the farm.
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