Agitated over the criticism directed against the Central government for the arrest of five social activists in Maharashtra, Union Minister of State Pon Radhakrishnan questioned Congress president Rahul Gandhi on whether he wanted to witness another Prime Minister getting murdered.

Union Minister of State Pon Radhakrishnan

Chennai:

“The arrested persons are Naxals. They planned to kill PM Narendra Modi. A letter, which was seized, detailed a plan to murder Modi in the same manner how former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated,” said Radhakrishnan, while addressing media persons at the Chennai airport on Sunday. 

He criticised Rahul Gandhi and others for opposing the arrests of the activists, stating that the Maharashtra police had made the evidence public. 

Radhakrishnan further said that the murder of Rajiv Gandhi is still fresh in the minds of people and they do not want another Prime Minister getting murdered. Radhakrishnan said that the economy of the country had grown to 8.2 per cent in the first quarter of the year due to steps taking by Modi in the economic sector.