Rahul non-performing Congress chief: BJP
New Delhi, July 22 : Taking a jibe at Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the BJP on Sunday dubbed him a "non-performing chief" of a party that is doing negative politics as against the positive politics pursued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"After the defeat of the no-confidence motion in Parliament, the Congress non-working committee met today (Sunday) under a non-performing party President Rahul Gandhi. His mother Sonia Gandhi chaired the CWC (Congress Working Committee) for 20 years and after that her son Rahul Gandhi is chairing it. This is not how a democracy functions," BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra told a press conference here.
He said that the two-line decision taken at the CWC meeting was that the Congress does not want to win and its sole aim is to stop Modi at any cost.
"The Congress has decided to play the role of a suicide bomber. It is negative politics. Positive Politics is being performed under the leadership of Modi. The people of the country, who believe in positive and developmental politics, will never accept this negative politics," he said.
The BJP leader also hit out at UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for her "reverse countdown" jibe at the Prime Minister, saying the country had few days back seen the politics of "hug and wink" and the rhetoric on the floor of Parliament.
Addressing the CWC meet, Sonia Gandhi had said earlier in the day that the Prime Minister's rhetoric shows his "desperation" reflecting that the "reverse countdown" of the Modi government has begun.
"You (Sonia) were runing the country in reverse gear and you are now talking of reverse countdown. The reverse countdown of dynastic politics, appeasement politics and caste politics has begun," Patra said.
He said that the whole purpose of the CWC meet was to back Rahul Gandhi as Congress candidate for 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
"What is new in Sonia's backing of Rahul as PM. This was the whole purpose of CWC. Sonia's only ambition is to back Rahul as PM candidate," he said.
Commenting on former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's remarks that the Congress can win three times more seats in the 2019 general elections, Patra asked: "If a party is looking at contesting only 150 seats, how can it dream of getting the Prime Minister's post?"
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Badlapur accused Akshay Shinde shot dead: Lawyer of minor girls calls it 'killing of justice'
Mumbai (PTI): The gunning down of Badlapur case accused Akshay Shinde on Monday was the "killing of justice", said Asim Sarode, lawyer for the two minor girls he allegedly sexually assaulted.
Shinde was killed near Mumbra Bypass around 6:15pm when he allegedly snatched the gun of a policeman while he was being ferried in a police vehicle as part of a probe into a case registered on the complaint of his former wife.
After he shot and injured an API, another personnel from the escort team fired at him, and he was declared dead by doctors at a nearby hospital.
"While representing the two minor girls, I noticed it was becoming uncomfortable for the local politics of the Thane district and even for the educational institution where Akshay Shinde was working. Shinde's death in such a manner is killing of justice," Sarode told a regional news channel.
"Now, the case of sexual assault of the two minor girls will get sidelined. The case of these two minor girls was becoming difficult for the educational institute, as it is affiliated with a certain political family. Such a practice would lower the confidence of people in police and the judiciary," he claimed.
Sarode said he will be filing a plea before the Bombay High Court demanding thorough inquiry into the firing incident.
"Shinde's case could have brought up certain aspects that would have been negative politically for the government. I wonder how Shinde could access the gun and how he could unlock it when his hands were tied. This is political murder and is absolutely wrong," he said.
