NewDelhi: Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi after the Congress vice president filed his nomination papers for the party’s chief post, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called it an ”Aurangzeb raj’.
“I congratulate the Congress on their ‘Aurangzeb Raj.’ For us, the wellbeing of the people matters and 125 crore Indians are our high command,” he said.
The PM added, “Congress party leaders themselves agree that Congress isn’t a party but a clan.”
He was reacting to the comments of senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, who had said – “When Jahangir came in place of Shah Jahan, then was there an election. When in place of Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb came, then were elections held. This was known before that the power will be given to the king’s son.”
“So Congress accepts its a family party? We don’t want this Aurangzeb rule,” PM Modi maintained.
Rahul on Monday filed his nomination papers for the party’s chief post.
The 47-year-old Gandhi scion is likely to emerge as the lone candidate in the fray and decks have been cleared for his election as the Congress president, succeeding his mother Sonia Gandhi, who has held the post for 19 years in a row now.
Today is the last date for filing nominations. No one else filed papers till Sunday, according to Mullapally Ramachandran, the chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh are among the proposers for the candidature of Rahul for the party chief’s post.
The last date for withdrawal of candidature is December 11, and the poll, if necessary, will be held on December 16 and the counting will take place on December 19.
Bureau Report
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