New Delhi :
It was certainly not a very pleasant day for Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Bengaluru today. Rahul’s attempts to coax out disapproval for PM Modi’s campaigns, all his questions boom ranged back at him. Rahul was present at the prestigious Mount Carmel College for women, addressing a Q and A with the students present there.
All the potshots he took at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet "Swachh Bharat" and "Make in India" campaigns appeared to misfire today as the student’s voice echoed Yes Yes in line. Rahul repeated the questions a few times again, but failed to get a desired response.
During the entire session Rahul spoke on a range of subjects with a common idea, that the "suit-boot" government was failing on all fronts.
Warming up to his theme of "all talk and no direction", Mr Gandhi said: "With the Modi government, I don't see a clear direction, I hear a lot of talk. Are we serious? Clean your country is a strategic national government programme? Well it's not working, is it?"
But he didn’t get the desired resounding "no", he did not get one. His surprise was visible when he heard: "It is!" It was a thunderbolt, the Congress leader pressed again : "You see it working?" Again, he got a louder "Yes" than "No". He recovered and said: "Ok I don't see Swachh Bharat working very well."
Mr Gandhi then tried another question. "You think Make in India is working?" This time, he got a mix of ayes and nays. "You think youngsters in India are getting jobs?" he asked.
He finally stopped asking. "I don't see a vision that the BJP is projecting. So for the Congress...we have to come up with a potential vision for the people of India," he said.
He criticised PM Narendra Modi and said, “The only way to transform this country is not through one man, but with every Indian's help, with the participation of the poor." "Not once has PM called up anyone in the Congress party. Democracy is about conversation.”
Targeting PM Modi, the Congress leader said: “Only one man decides everything in this government. I don't believe that only one man has the solution to India's problems.”
To a question on the youth opting for the Aam Aadmi Party and BJP rather than the Congress, Mr Gandhi admitted: "In 10 years, there was some fatigue with the Congress. There were some things we did wrong...and we lost the elections. We need to give a new face and image to the Congress,” he added.
