New Delhi, Jan 7: Leader of opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he said understand the difference while drawing a comparison between him and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and also accused him of “surrendering” under “pressure”.
Rahul Gandhi, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli shared a video on X with the caption “Fark samjho sirji” (Understand the difference sirji).
In his old video, shared on X, Rahul Gandhi can be heard saying “I know these BJP–RSS people very well now. Put a little pressure on them, give them a little push and they run away in fear”.
“As soon as Trump signalled from there, they picked up the phone and said, ‘What are you doing Modi ji?’ Narendra surrendered and with ‘yes sir’, Narendra Modi ji followed Trump’s signal.”
He also compared the situation with the 1971 war, and said India had once stood firm despite US pressure.
“You might remember a time when the phone call didn’t come — the Seventh Fleet had come. In the 1971 war, the Seventh Fleet came, weapons came, an aircraft carrier came. Indira Gandhi ji said, ‘I will do what I have to do.’ This is the difference,” the Congress leader said, referring to the United States Seventh Fleet.
The Congress leader remarks came a day after US President Donald Trump, while speaking at the House GOP Member Retreat, claimed that Indian Prime Minister Modi had sought an audience with him.
“Prime Minister Modi came to see me, ‘Sir, may I see you please’. Yes,” Trump claimed.
Trump also said that India has been facing steep tariffs, and New Delhi was “paying a lot of tariffs now” and had “reduced” the purchase of Russian oil “substantially”.
