Tag: Rahul Singh

  • ‘Is India breaking? Rahul creating hatred, tarnishing India’s image’: Rajnath Singh

    By PTI

    BHOPAL: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Singh of creating hatred among people in order to regain power, and alleged that he was tarnishing India’s image on international platforms.

    Addressing a programme organised by the Madhya Pradesh government to provide land rights of residential plots to the poor in the Singrauli district of the state located around 650 km from here, Singh asked Gandhi not to play with India’s “prestige and pride”.

    The minister also said that in the recent clash with the Chinese troops, Indian soldiers did a “charismatic job” and displayed bravery, and slammed the Congress for questioning the valour of the country’s jawans.

    “Is India breaking? The country already got divided in 1947. Pakistan was created, though the leaders at that time were not in favour. These days, Rahul Gandhi is going around saying in his Bharat Jodo Yatra that there is hatred everywhere in India,” he said.

    सिंगरौली, मध्य प्रदेश में ‘हितग्राही महासम्मेलन’।https://t.co/POxqRrXUxF
    — Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) January 22, 2023
    “Rahulji, what has happened to you? You want to regain power by creating hatred. Power cannot be achieved by creating hatred, it can be achieved only by earning the public’s trust and love. I want to ask him who is creating hatred in India? Is Modiji creating hatred in the whole country? Is (MP Chief Minister) Shivraj Singh (Chouhan) doing the work of creating hatred in Madhya Pradesh? Are these leaders creating hatred among people? Where did he see it,” he asked the gathering.

    The minister also accused the Congress of trying to defame India and tarnish its image by saying that only hatred prevails in India, although the country has earned great respect in the world now. India is the only country that considers all the people of the world as its family. India is being maligned that there is only hatred in India, he alleged.

    India has never discriminated on the basis of caste, creed or religion as those born on Indian soil are brothers as all have sacrificed their lives for the country’s independence, he added.

    “I humbly want to say to Rahulji, don’t spoil the image of India in the world by talking about hatred. You are creating hate by talking about it. You create hatred towards Modi and BJP by going to the people. The whole world is getting the image that there is only hatred in India,” he said.

    Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s remark that he is out to sell love in the market of hatred, Singh asked the gathering, “Have you also got some love from him? Now, what does he know about love?” He said that Rahul Gandhi and Congress members should keep in mind that politics should not be done just to form the government and it should be done for society and the country.

    ALSO READ | Government diverting attention of people and then looting them: Rahul Gandhi in J-K

    “Rahulji, don’t play with India’s prestige and pride. India is moving forward, if you can cooperate then do it, if you can’t, then sit silently, don’t try to defame India in the international arena,” he said.

    Singh also said that Congress leaders can defame the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but they dared to question the bravery and valour of the country’s army and soldiers who risked their lives to protect the country.

    “Being the country’s defence minister, I don’t want to speak openly. But I wanted to make it clear that whatever war has happened this time, be it between India-China, the bravery that our army soldiers have exhibited, if I discuss it in front of anyone, then everyone will boast, they have done a charismatic job,” Singh said.

    Last month, Rahul Gandhi alleged that China was preparing for war and the Indian government was sleeping over it and trying to ignore the threat.

    ALSO READ | BJP govt’s policies ‘create fear’ among people, alleges Rahul Gandhi at Pathankot rally 

    He had also alleged that China had taken away 2,000 square kilometres of Indian territory, killed 20 Indian soldiers and was “thrashing our jawans in Arunachal Pradesh”.

    Singh said that India’s economy has made a place among the top five economies in the country during the past eight years. Earlier, Rajnath Singh and MP CM Chouhan distributed free plots under CM Land Rights Scheme to over 25,000 beneficiaries besides disbursing the benefits of Rs 135 crore to 6. 78 lakh farmers under the CM Kisan Kalyan Yojana.

    BHOPAL: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Singh of creating hatred among people in order to regain power, and alleged that he was tarnishing India’s image on international platforms.

    Addressing a programme organised by the Madhya Pradesh government to provide land rights of residential plots to the poor in the Singrauli district of the state located around 650 km from here, Singh asked Gandhi not to play with India’s “prestige and pride”.

    The minister also said that in the recent clash with the Chinese troops, Indian soldiers did a “charismatic job” and displayed bravery, and slammed the Congress for questioning the valour of the country’s jawans.

    “Is India breaking? The country already got divided in 1947. Pakistan was created, though the leaders at that time were not in favour. These days, Rahul Gandhi is going around saying in his Bharat Jodo Yatra that there is hatred everywhere in India,” he said.

    सिंगरौली, मध्य प्रदेश में ‘हितग्राही महासम्मेलन’।https://t.co/POxqRrXUxF
    — Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) January 22, 2023
    “Rahulji, what has happened to you? You want to regain power by creating hatred. Power cannot be achieved by creating hatred, it can be achieved only by earning the public’s trust and love. I want to ask him who is creating hatred in India? Is Modiji creating hatred in the whole country? Is (MP Chief Minister) Shivraj Singh (Chouhan) doing the work of creating hatred in Madhya Pradesh? Are these leaders creating hatred among people? Where did he see it,” he asked the gathering.

    The minister also accused the Congress of trying to defame India and tarnish its image by saying that only hatred prevails in India, although the country has earned great respect in the world now. India is the only country that considers all the people of the world as its family. India is being maligned that there is only hatred in India, he alleged.

    India has never discriminated on the basis of caste, creed or religion as those born on Indian soil are brothers as all have sacrificed their lives for the country’s independence, he added.

    “I humbly want to say to Rahulji, don’t spoil the image of India in the world by talking about hatred. You are creating hate by talking about it. You create hatred towards Modi and BJP by going to the people. The whole world is getting the image that there is only hatred in India,” he said.

    Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s remark that he is out to sell love in the market of hatred, Singh asked the gathering, “Have you also got some love from him? Now, what does he know about love?” He said that Rahul Gandhi and Congress members should keep in mind that politics should not be done just to form the government and it should be done for society and the country.

    ALSO READ | Government diverting attention of people and then looting them: Rahul Gandhi in J-K

    “Rahulji, don’t play with India’s prestige and pride. India is moving forward, if you can cooperate then do it, if you can’t, then sit silently, don’t try to defame India in the international arena,” he said.

    Singh also said that Congress leaders can defame the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but they dared to question the bravery and valour of the country’s army and soldiers who risked their lives to protect the country.

    “Being the country’s defence minister, I don’t want to speak openly. But I wanted to make it clear that whatever war has happened this time, be it between India-China, the bravery that our army soldiers have exhibited, if I discuss it in front of anyone, then everyone will boast, they have done a charismatic job,” Singh said.

    Last month, Rahul Gandhi alleged that China was preparing for war and the Indian government was sleeping over it and trying to ignore the threat.

    ALSO READ | BJP govt’s policies ‘create fear’ among people, alleges Rahul Gandhi at Pathankot rally 

    He had also alleged that China had taken away 2,000 square kilometres of Indian territory, killed 20 Indian soldiers and was “thrashing our jawans in Arunachal Pradesh”.

    Singh said that India’s economy has made a place among the top five economies in the country during the past eight years. Earlier, Rajnath Singh and MP CM Chouhan distributed free plots under CM Land Rights Scheme to over 25,000 beneficiaries besides disbursing the benefits of Rs 135 crore to 6. 78 lakh farmers under the CM Kisan Kalyan Yojana.

  • Another turncoat Congress MLA gets key post in Madhya Pradesh

    By Express News Service
    BHOPAL:  Another former Congress legislator who switched over to the BJP has been rewarded by the ruling party with a key post in the Madhya Pradesh government.

    Rahul Singh, a first-time Congress MLA from Damoh of Bundelkhand region, who quit the Vidhan Sabha and the Congress party and joined the ruling BJP, just a few days before the crucial November 3, 2020 Assembly bypolls, has been appointed the chairman of MP Warehousing and Logistics Corporation.

    In the 2018 Assembly polls, Rahul had done the giant killing by defeating BJP veteran and state’s incumbent finance minister Jayant Malaiya by a wafer-thin margin from Damoh seat of Damoh district.

    Bypolls are yet to be held for the Damoh which fell vacant due to Singh’s resignation.

    A few months ago, Rahul’s uncle and another first-time Congress MLA, Pradyuman Singh Lodhi, too, was made the chairman of MP Civil Supplies Corporation, just a few hours after he quit the Congress to join the BJP.

    Pradyuman was among the 18 former Congress MLAs, who later won the bypolls, which gave the BJP comfortable majority on its own.

    At present, 11 ministers in the 30-strong Shivraj Singh Chouhan Cabinet are former Congress MLAs.

    Meanwhile, sources within the ruling BJP confided to TNIE that 4-5 Congress MLAs are in touch with the BJP and eager to join the saffron camp.

    However, now enjoying a comfortable majority with 126 MLAs in the 230 member House, the BJP isn’t too keen to invite them.

  • Former Congress legislator in Madhya Pradesh who switched over to BJP gets key government post

    By Express News Service
    BHOPAL: Another former Congress legislator who switched over to the BJP has been rewarded by the ruling party with a key post in the Madhya Pradesh government. 

    Rahul Singh, the first-time Congress MLA from Damoh seat of Bundelkhand region, who quit the Vidhan Sabha and the Congress, and joined the ruling BJP, just a few days before the crucial November 3, 2020 assembly by-polls has been rewarded by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.  He has been appointed the chairman of MP Warehousing and Logistics Corporation. 

    In the 2018 assembly polls, Rahul had done the giant killing act by defeating BJP veteran and state’s finance minister Jayant Malaiya by a wafer thin margin from Damoh seat of Damoh district. 

    By-elections are yet to be held for the Damoh seat which fell vacant due to Rahul Singh’s resignation. 

    A few months back Rahul’s uncle and another first-time Congress MLA Pradyuman Singh Lodhi too was made the chairman of MP Civil Supplies Corporation, just a few hours after he quit the Congress to join the BJP. 

    Pradyuman was among the 18 former Congress MLAs, who later won the November 3, 2020 assembly by-polls, which gave the BJP comfortable majority on its own in the 230-member Vidhan Sabha. 

    Presently, 11 ministers in the 30-strong Shivraj Singh Chouhan government are former Congress MLAs, whose resignation from Congress and the Vidhan Sabha had led to the collapse of the 15-months-old Kamal Nath government in March, 2020.

    Meanwhile, informed sources within the ruling BJP confided to The New Indian Express that 4-5 more Congress MLAs are in touch with the BJP and are eager to join the saffron party fold.  These MLAs represent seats in Malwa-Nimar, Bundelkhand and Mahakoshal region. But now enjoying a comfortable majority with 126 MLAs in the 230 member House, BJP isn’t too keen in having those legislators in it’s fold.