- Thursday, February 27, 2025
The opposition leader later slammed the Narendra Modi government during the ongoing debate on the no-confidence motion against it over the situation in Manipur.
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIAN National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was reinstated as a parliamentarian earlier this week after the Supreme Court of India stayed his conviction in a criminal defamation case for his ‘Modi surname’ remark in 2019, delivered on Wednesday (9) a rousing speech in the Lok Sabha or Lower House during the ongoing no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government over the grim situation in the north-eastern state of Manipur.
But Gandhi made the headlines even before he entered the parliament complex during the day when he stopped his car on the road to check on a common man who fell off a two-wheeler. The Congress shared a video of Gandhi meeting the person and it went viral in no time.
"आपको चोट तो नहीं लगी?"
रास्ते में जाते समय @RahulGandhi जी ने देखा कि एक स्कूटर चालक बीच सड़क पर गिर गया है।
वे गाड़ी रुकवाकर चालक के पास गए और उसका हाल पूछा।
जननायक ❤️ pic.twitter.com/aCeDGAMOlY
— Congress (@INCIndia) August 9, 2023
In the video, the 53-year-old was seen getting down from his car and rushing to the scooterist whose vehicle fell on the road. He first helped in pulling up the two-wheeler and then asked the rider whether he was okay.
“Aapko chot toh nahi lagi (Are you hurt?),” he asked, according to the Congress tweet.
The grand-old party shared the video on social media platform X with the caption “Jannayak” (mass hero).
Later, Gandhi, who remained away from the parliament for more than four months following his disqualification in the wake of the conviction by a court in the western state of Gujarat, launched a scathing attack on the Modi government straightaway accusing it of murdering India in Manipur and trying to set the northern state of Haryana on fire.
Haryana, which is also ruled by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party like Manipur, recently saw a communal clash breaking out over a controversial video of a Hindu right-wing leader and pelting of stones on a Hindu religious procession. Some lives were lost while vehicles were set on fire in the disturbance that followed.
“Our prime Minister hasn’t visited violence-hit Manipur. For him, Manipur is not a part of India. Manipur has been split in two. Government’s politics has murdered India in Manipur,” Gandhi, who visited the north-eastern state in June, said.
“By killing people of Manipur, you are killers of Bharat Mata (Mother India); you are traitors, not patriots,” he added.
