Rahul Gandhi calls Narendra Modi a ‘prime time’ minister 

Rahul Gandhi.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “prime-time minister”. This jibe came a day after the Congress criticized Modi for shooting a film at Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand during the Pulwama terror attack, on February 14. He targeted the prime minister for “smiling for the cameras” while the country was mourning the 40-odd CRPF personnel killed in the attack.

Tweeting in Hindi, Gandhi said:: “Three hours after the news of 40 jawans killed in the Pulwama terror strike, the ‘prime-time’ minister continued with a film shooting.”

पुलवामा में 40 जवानों की शहादत की खबर के तीन घंटे बाद भी ‘प्राइम टाइम मिनिस्टर’ फिल्म शूटिंग करते रहे।

देश के दिल व शहीदों के घरों में दर्द का दरिया उमड़ा था और वे हँसते हुए दरिया में फोटोशूट पर थे।#PhotoShootSarkar pic.twitter.com/OMY7GezsZN

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 22, 2019

The Congress, which had extended support to the government over the Pulwama terror attack, launched a scathing attack against the government for its handling of the situation after the attack. The party also raised questions over the security failure in Jammu & Kashmir and questioned the government’s priorities as news reports of Modi’s photoshoot — “propaganda and publicity” — surfaced. Congress said it was an insult to the “martyrdom of the soldiers”.

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