Nanded: Seizing on the Supreme Court verdicts on Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today accused the Modi Government of disrespecting the popular mandate in its "greed for power" and tearing apart the Constitution to topple elected ministries.
"The present government, in its greed for power, has torn apart the provisions of the Constitution of India and has dislodged the elected governments of Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh by disrespecting the people's mandate," Mrs Gandhi said, addressing a party rally, a day after the Supreme Court ordered restoration of the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh.
"Had Shankarrao been alive today, he would've been deeply hurt to see all this and would have objected to these unconstitutional steps. But we are proud of the Supreme Court which protected the spirit of the Constitution and restored democracy in these two states," she said.
"It is sad that today, welfare schemes made by our Manmohan Singh government, for farmers, tribals, minorities and women are being weakened. As a result, lakhs of families are bearing the brunt," she said.
"You have waived off thousands of crores of loans of capitalists but left farmers to their fate," Gandhi charged.
Former Prime minister Manmohan Singh, who was also present at the function, recalled his working days with Mr Chavan.
"The present government, in its greed for power, has torn apart the provisions of the Constitution of India and has dislodged the elected governments of Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh by disrespecting the people's mandate," Mrs Gandhi said, addressing a party rally, a day after the Supreme Court ordered restoration of the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh.
"Had Shankarrao been alive today, he would've been deeply hurt to see all this and would have objected to these unconstitutional steps. But we are proud of the Supreme Court which protected the spirit of the Constitution and restored democracy in these two states," she said.
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"It is sad that today, welfare schemes made by our Manmohan Singh government, for farmers, tribals, minorities and women are being weakened. As a result, lakhs of families are bearing the brunt," she said.
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"You have waived off thousands of crores of loans of capitalists but left farmers to their fate," Gandhi charged.
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Former Prime minister Manmohan Singh, who was also present at the function, recalled his working days with Mr Chavan.
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