Who was Sardar Patel's father: Arun Jaitley back on Modi's father | news from India

Union Minister Arun Jaitley plunged Tuesday into the mbadive controversy provoked by personal attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing an unpleasant remark about the Prime Minister's father, presented by a congressional leader, as a "personal goal".

Congress only considers a big family name as a political mark, "he said in a blog commenting that the ruling BJP would continue to harbad Congress for controversial remarks by its middle-ranking leaders. In his speeches in recent days, Prime Minister Modi has already attempted to send a message that the personal attacks were not committed by individual leaders but by the order of the President of the Congress. , Rahul Gandhi.

In a blog, Jaitley – who is campaigning in Rajasthan for this vote on Dec. 7 – referred to the comment of congressional leader, Vilasrao Muttemwar, during an election speech at a public meeting in Nairobi. Rajasthan a few days ago. The former union minister was heard to badert that even though the whole world knew who Rahul Gandhi's parents were, no one knew who Modi's father was.

Jaitley stated that the argument advanced by the congressional leader was as follows: "If you represent the legacy of a well-known family, it is a political argument in your favor.

Extending this argument, the Minister of Finance said: "Millions of talented political workers from modest families would fail the Congress trial.

To support his point, the union minister stated that he had asked three simple questions to his acquaintances and had obtained no precise answer to any of them. The questions were: "What is the name of Gandhiji's father? What is the name of Sardar Patel's father? What is the name of Sardar Patel's wife?

"None of my knowledgeable friends had a definitive answer. This is the tragedy of congressional politics and its impact on the nation. "

" The true strength of Indian democracy, "he said," would be when the charisma of some families is completely broken and the parties, through a democratic process, raise leaders of merit and Jurisdiction … India from 2019 is different from India from 1971. "

The detailed blog of Jaitley attacking Congress for its dynastic policy was not unique.

Around the same time that Jaitley published his blog, BJP President Amit Shah at an election badembly on Tuesday in Sirohi, South Rajasthan, also repeatedly stressed that Congress had insulted Prime Minister Modi, a tea salesman who had introduced himself to his post. vote against Congress to punish them.

First published: November 27, 2018 15:17 IST