A nearly 50-min speech, a 5-min adjournment, a hug and a wink. Here's the lowdown of the Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s speech and the figures he cited to buttress his argument in the House.
ON MODI’S PROMISES
You (Gala/ Andhra) are the victim of a fantastic 21st century political weapon — the jumla strike. Farmers, youngsters, dalits, tribals and women are victims too. First there is a great sense of excitement, then shock, then 8-hour speeches. Jumla strike 1
was ‘Rs 15 lakh in each person’s bank account’. Jumla strike 2: Jobs for 2 crore people every year.
ON JOB WOES
“PM promised jobs for 2cr young people every year. Unemployment is at its highest in 6 years in India now. Those are labour bureau statisics, not mine
4 lakh Jobs generated in 2016 and 2017
50,000 Jobs provided every day in China
400 Jobs provided every day in India (under NDA govt)
ON RAFALE DEAL
The PM is not a chowkidaar (guard) but a bhagidaar (participant)
Rs 520cr Cost of a Rafale aircraft under UPA
Rs 1,600cr Cost of a Rafale aircraft under NDA
Rs 45,000cr How much a businessman who was Rs 30,000cr in debt, close to the PM benefited when the Rafale contract was withdrawn from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
ON CHINA & DOKLAM STANDOFF
On a riverbank in Gujarat, PM sat on a swing with the Chinese Premier. At the time, there were 1,000 Chinese soldiers on Indian soil. Then the Chinese Premier went back and sent his soldiers to Doklam. A few days later, the PM went to China ‘without an agenda’. He didn’t bring up Doklam. That was China’s agenda. The PM has cheated our soldiers
ON WOMEN’S SAFETY
“For the first time, India is being seen as a country where women are not safe. Women, dalits and minorities are being attacked and PM does not utter a word.”
ON LOAN WAIVER
Farmers beg you to waive their loans but the FM says ‘No, I can’t waive farm loans though I can waive loans of industrialists because farmers are not powerful’. World over, petrol prices are falling but not in India because PM wants to put money in the pockets of his friend
Rs 2.5 lakh crore Debt of top businessmen forgiven by the Modi government
ON GST
1 GST encompassing petrol and diesel under UPA
5 Separate GSTs under NDA
16,000 times
How much Jay Shah, BJP president Amit Shah’s son, raised his income in three months under BJP rule
