Pathetic cry foul speech of Rahul Gandhi in Bahrain disappoints India and Indians
Manama, January 9: Converting lies into truth, playing dirty politics, defaming our own country across the globe has become an extraordinary skill of Congress and its leaders. Following the same pattern, new Congress chief Rahul Gandhi who represented India in Bahrain defamed his own country.
Notably, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi represented India in an insulting manner to the Indian diaspora while speaking at a convention of NRIs in Bahrain. During the convention, Rahul Gandhi by making political statements seemed to seek the attention of Indian diaspora by attacking government and its initiatives which were a clear insult to the country. The address made by Rahul Gandhi in Bahrain seemed to seek votes of Indian diaspora
Rahul Gandhi started his address by downgrading the standard of politics along with downgrading people’s expectations from politicians.
He said, “So I would like to start with a little story about Uttar Pradesh… Some years ago, I was travelling in Uttar Pradesh. Dusty road, was quite tired. And we entered this market place. And when we entered the market place, a lady came running to me and she said, Mujhe in logon ne barbad kar diya hai. (These people have destroyed my life).”
He further said, “So I said, who has destroyed your life? Kisne aapki zindagi barbaad ki? Policewaalon ne. (The police has destroyed my life). I said, kyu? Why? She said, because they have put a 302 case on my husband. (302 ka case laga diya hai). 302, for you who don’t know is a murder case in India. And in Uttar Pradesh, many many people get false cases put on them. I felt she was complaining about a false case.”
He further said, “So a policeman was standing next to me. And I asked him. I said, why are you putting a false case on this poor lady? Can you look into this matter? Please check up what has happened. And when I said this to him, he had a strange look on his face, a surprised look. So in UP, you have to be suspicious. So I got suspicious.”
“And I turned around and asked the lady, behenji, kya aapke pati ne khoon kiya hai? (Sister, has your husband actually murdered someone?) She said, haan khoon toh kiya hai. (Yes, he has murdered someone.) So I said, then what are you saying to me? How can you be telling me to help you if your husband has murdered someone?,” he added.
“And then she looks at me and in Hindi, she says, toh phir tum raajnetaon ka kya faayda? (What are you politicians doing then?) This is the type of expectations that we have. She asked me two questions that day. She looked at me and asked - to phir tum rajneta idhar kyoon chakkar kat rahe ho? Tum rajnetaon ka kya fayda hai?,” Rahul Gandhi concluded.
In India, Politics and politicians act as the medium that empowers each and every people economically, socially etc. But Rahul Gandhi in Bahrain portrayed politics and politicians as the medium of empowering only criminals and crimes.
Jumping on the sensitive issues like the economy and job creation etc, Rahul Gandhi attacked PM Modi led government and tried to impose false and misleading information to the NRIs.
Rahul Gandhi said, “India today is free but once again it is under threat. There are two clear threats facing our country today. The first is our government’s inability to provide jobs for our people. Our main competitor, China produces 50,000 jobs every 24 hours. India currently produces 400 jobs in the same amount of time. It’s an important figure. So I will put it another way. What China does in two days takes India one year to do. These are not my figures.”
“These are figures of the Govt of India. These are figures stated by a Minister in our Parliament. Job creation in India is at an 8 year low. New investments are the lowest they have been in 13 years; bank credit growth has sunk to a 63 year low,” he added.
The Congress President also said, “To make matters worse, many in the Indian Diaspora have lost hard-earned money because of arbitrary decisions like demonetization. They have landed a crippling blow to India’s overall economic growth.”
“The fact is that India can simply not afford this. We are the second most populous country in the world. Every day 30,000 new youngsters come into India’s job market. Not providing education and jobs to these youngsters is a recipe for disaster. The government's failure to create jobs is resulting in tremendous anger and unrest in India. The youth are asking a very simple question. What are we to do in our future? This anger is visible in the streets and is rising rapidly,” he added
India is known for its secularity and is characterized by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. But Rahul Gandhi was trying to showcase that ‘India’ which never existed. He termed the religious instability as PM Modi’s led government main agenda.
Rahul Gandhi said, “The tragedy is that instead of focusing the attention of our people on what is critical - the removal of poverty, job creation and the building of a world class education system - we see instead a rise in the forces of hatred and division. Instead of accepting that we are struggling to create jobs, instead of uniting people together, all communities and religions to face the challenge, the government is busy converting the fear being generated in our jobless youth into hatred between communities.”
“Tragically the conversation in our country today is not about jobs, healthcare or education. Today the only thing India talks about is what you are allowed to eat, who is allowed to protest, and what we can say or rather what we cannot say. Activists and journalists are threatened; they are shot dead for expressing their views. People are killed because of their religious beliefs. Dalits are beaten into submission. Judges investigating sensitive cases die under mysterious circumstances. And through all this, the government has nothing to say,” he noted.
Criticizing present government’s initiative, Rahul Gandhi said, “India has been taken off its path of progress. Indians – at home and abroad are shocked to see this ugly effort which seeks to deviate us from our ancient philosophy and from the path our country has followed for thousands of years. This is not a fight that can be won without you. It is a fight to return us to our beloved ideals. You, your openness, your skills, your talent, your tolerance, your patriotism is what India needs today. You have shown us and the world how you have built the countries you have journeyed to. You have lived with people of different nationalities; different religions, different philosophies and you have done so both by learning from them and by teaching them about our great Indian traditions and heritage.”
He further stated that India today has the largest Diaspora of any country in the world – more than 16 million people of Indian origin live abroad. The countries of the Gulf region are among India’s most important trading partners. The largest numbers of Indian expats live here. India is also the largest remittance-receiving country in the world. You send almost $70 billion, that is, 3.5% of India’s GDP.”
“We need to make India the centrepiece of ahimsa, of non violence, of compassion. We need to bring our conversation back from violence and hatred to one of progress, jobs and love between our people. And we cannot do that at home without our largest skill base on the planet – all you people in this room. I have not come here to tell you anything really. No. I’ve come here to ask for your help. I’ve come here to ask you for your skills, for your guidance, and for your understanding. We need you to help us fight these forces of anger and hatred. We need you just as we needed you and our ancestors needed you in 1947 to protect the idea of India that we so dearly love and cherish,” he concluded.
However, Rahul Gandhi was representing his country rather than representing his Congress party. What he spoke in Bahrain was the highlights of what he spoke during the election campaign in Gujarat. Rahul before speaking must have understood that he was not representing his political party in Bahrain.
After, Bahrain, Congress president Rahul Gandhi's next foreign trip would be to countries like Canada and Singapore followed by another one to the Middle East.