PUNE/KOLHAPUR: Chief of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday mentioned PM Narendra Modi, apart from his apology for the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj‘s statue in Sindhudurg, should categorical remorse for demonetisation, flawed GST implementation, and destroying small and medium-scale (SME) industries.
He was talking in Kadegaon in Sangli district the place he unveiled the memorial and a statue of former Congress member late Patangrao Kadam. Shiv Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray and different senior functionaries of his occasion didn’t attend the occasion. Congress MLA Vishwajeet Kadam mentioned Thackeray declined the invitation over private work. Modi unveiled the Shivaji statue in Dec 2023 and it collapsed on Aug 26 and the PM tendered an apology throughout his current go to to Maharashtra.
Rahul mentioned, “I need to perceive the explanations for his (PM’s) apology. It could possibly be as a result of he accepts that it was a mistake to present the contract for the statue’s set up to an RSS-linked individual. The opposite motive could possibly be that he has accepted that there was corruption within the set up. His apology to Shivaji Maharaj shouldn’t be sufficient, he ought to apologise to the residents of Maharashtra.”
Rahul reiterated his accusations that the Modi-led govt helps industrialists like Adani and Ambani. “Youth are dealing with unemployment disaster. The Adanis and Ambanis aren’t going to create employment. Small and medium-scale industries may have however Modi destroyed them to assist two industrialists. He ought to apologise for destroying SMEs too,” Rahul mentioned.
He added that regardless of opposition, Modi introduced three farm legal guidelines. “He compelled demonetisation on the nation. He’s additionally liable for the flawed implementation of GST. An apology is due for all these errors,” he added.
