Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 5: Head of Congress social media team Ramya (Divya Spandana) hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for attacking Congress president Rahul Gandhi's late father Rajiv Gandhi that the latter had died as a 'corrupt number 1'.
In an election rally at Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh, the PM had attacked the Congress and Rahul Gandhi on the issue of corruption and said, "Your father (Rajiv Gandhi) was termed 'Mr Clean' by his courtiers, but his life ended as 'Bhrastachari number 1' (corrupt number 1)." In response, Rahul Gandhi tweeted to the PM that 'karma' would catch up with him.
Taking to Twitter, Ramya said that Rajiv Gandhi was respected and loved by everyone, and that Modi should learn kindness from him.
"Rajiv Gandhi ji was respected and loved by everyone & I wish that upon you too Modi ji. Maybe you can learn something from him- kindness (sic)" she tweeted.
In a series of tweets, she recalled how, on the day Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, people had cried and so had her mother.
"I remember as a 8 year old traveling in a bus with my mother when the news of Rajiv ji’s death came, people were overcome with emotion, they burst out crying (sic)" she said.
"And I remember them crying, men and women, young & old with their heads shaking in disbelief saying, he was a good man, he was a good man, shouldn’t have happened. I was so overwhelmed, I cried too. This memory is etched on my mind.
"I cried the whole way & my mother grief stricken herself tried to console me, I don’t think she did well herself. We didn’t eat that day. When I grew up & shared these memories with others I realised it just didn’t happen to me- every other Indian had a similar story to share (sic)" she said.
After recalling the episode, Ramya said that she was taken aback by Modi's comments, and that he had hit a 'new low'.
"And so when I heard Modi’s comments on Rajiv ji, at first I was taken aback, couldn’t believe anyone would say something like that, even if it means it’s elections, but Modi had. And Modi is full of new lows (sic)" she tweeted.
"I thought I should remind Modi ji, Rajiv ji was adored, respected & loved. He was a good man. You can’t take that away from him. But you can learn from him (sic)" she said.