How Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Sushilkumar Shinde got their facts wrong
20 Nov 2013 1:29 PM IST20 Nov 2013 1:29 PM IST
How Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Sushilkumar Shinde got their facts wrong
Call it being politically ambitious. In their effort to go beyond the ordinary, politicians often end up twisting facts to suit their political motives and they are firm believers of the famous saying, "everything is fair in politics." DC Online- There were some insensitive remarks too like the one by defence minister A K Antony. Hours after five Indian soldiers were killed along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Antony said that the attack was carried out by 20 heavily-armed terrorists
- In an yet another gaffe, Shinde equated the protesters at the India Gate against the gang-rape of a 23-year-old para-medical student with armed Maoists. "It is very easy to ask the Home Minister to go to India Gate and talk...Tomorrow Congress and
- Last year, Shinde was caught on the wrong foot when he referred Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and conspirator of Mumbai attacks Hafiz Saeed as 'Mr' and 'Shri'.
- Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde landed in trouble when he named Bhandara rape victims during a debate in the Parliament. As per law, identity of rape victims is kept secret in society.
- Rahul said, “Poverty is just a state of mind. It does not mean scarcity of food, money or material things. If one possesses self-confidence then we can overcome poverty.” If only the fight against poverty was so simple.
- Rahul Gandhi once said in Rampur in UP: "We gave you the right to information. Now, we will provide you food in Re 1. Have you ever utilised your right to information? We are telling you to benefit from the schemes launched by us, and then you will
- Not long ago, he said: "It is very difficult to stop every single terror attack. We will stop 99 pc terror attacks but 1 pc of attacks might get through.” That makes one wonder, how much is 1 pc?
- Rahul blamed "vested political interest" for Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh and claimed that Pakistan's ISI was trying to recruit riot-affected youngsters. That was an utterly sensitive information announced in public, for which he got the
- ".... For the Congress party, every citizen is the equal whether he is a Hindu, a Muslim or a Sikh. In Delhi, there is compassion and brotherhood,” said Rahul.
- AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi thinks BJP, not Congress, is ruling Karnataka and Maharashtra. In a major blunder at a rally in Delhi on November 18, he said: "Go to states where the BJP runs the government like Karnataka, they only create tension
- Modi's claim that spending of education was high during NDA regime was countered by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who tweeted that, "during the NDA's regime the spending on education was 1.67 pc of the GDP which increased to 4.2 pc of the GDP
- Modi has claimed that China spent 20 pc of its GDP on education while the real number is 3.9 pc.
- Modi blamed the Congress for awarding the Bharat Ratna to Vallabhbhai Patel after it was awarded to Rajiv Gandhi. But in fact, both Rajiv and Sardar had been conferred with the Bharat Ratna in 1991. Both were conferred posthumously.
- As controversies raged over Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's legacy, Modi said that then PM Jawaharlal Nehru didn't attend the funeral of Patel. In contrast it is reported that Nehru was there throughout the last rites.
- In Patna again, he said, "When we think of Gupta dynasty, we remember Chandragupta Maurya." Maurya from Gupta dynasty?
- Modi has even erroneously stated that Taxila was in Bihar. That's quite embarrassing as Taxila is a city in Pakistan.
- In Patna recently, Modi said, "Alexander's army conquered the entire world but was defeated by the Biharis. That's the might of this land." In actuality, Alexander never crossed the Ganges.
- As per history, Shyamji Krishna Varma from Gujarat, who had developed the India house in London for freedom fighters, had died in Geneva in 1930 and his ashes were handed over to Modi in 2003. Ironically, Modi made the wrong statement in Gujarat
- Narendra Modi blamed Congress for not bringing the ashes of Mookherjee, who he claimed died in Geneva in 1930. In fact, the freedom fighter had died in Kashmir in 1953. In photo: Shyama Prasad Mookherjee.
- Recently, Modi confused Shyamji Krishna Verma, a Sanskrit scholar with freedom fighter Shyama Prasad Mookherjee.
- In yet another slip up at Dudu in Rajasthan, BJP leader Narendra Modi mispronounced the first name of the Mahatma calling him Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi instead of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. "Towards the end of his life, Mahatma Gandhi had a wish
- BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi is a commendable orator, who can instantly script stinging speeches, but he can't always be believed in entirety. In a slip up, Modi has mispronounced the first name of the Mahatma calling him 'Mohanlal' Karamchand
Call it being politically ambitious. In their effort to go beyond the ordinary, politicians often end up twisting facts to suit their political motives and they are firm believers of the famous saying, "everything is fair in politics." DC Online
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