Congress leaders slam PM’s remarks in Punjab rallies, ask him to address real issues
Hindustan TimesCongress leaders MP Shashi Tharoor and Alka Lamba on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up issues like Partition, 1984 massacre, possession of gurdwara in Kartarpur Sahib during his rallies in Punjab and said that BJP is running away from addressing real issues facing the country. Congress MP Sashi Tharoor During his three rallies in Punjab, PM Modi attacked the Congress for “allowing the massacre of Sikhs” and “protecting the rioters” in 1984 and asserted that it was he who ensured punishment for the accused. Tharoor and Lamba were campaigning for the Congress candidate from Jalandhar Charanjit Singh Channi and said PM Modi is afraid of speaking about present-day India and is rather coming up with peculiar issues from history. Tharoor said in the Modi regime, the democratic and autonomous institutions are under threat, whether it be RBI, information commission, election commission or even the judiciary, have found their independence compromised.