New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi appeared to have dozed off in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during a discussion on the attack on dalits in Gujarat, inviting barbs from the BJP and the BSP while the Congress defended its vice- president saying that he was checking his mobile.
The Congress also showed a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha from November from last year to claim that it showed him sleeping in the House.
Rahul only playing politics: Thaavar Chand Gehlot
Attacking the Congress leader, the BJP said he was only interested in doing politics on Dalit victims and not in their getting justice.
“It shows that his heart is not on providing justice to Dalit victims. He just wants to do politics. If he was really interested in ensuring justice, then he would not be sleeping,” Union minister Thaavar Chand Gehlot said.
Taking a dig, BSP chief Mayawati said it showed how serious Mr Gandhi was about Dalits. “This publicity is going on that the Congress vice-president will go to the spot (in Gujarat) but he was sleeping when the issue was being debated in the House. It shows how serious he is about it,” she said. Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said it was an attempt to trivialise an important issue with a “false” story.
