"His technique is during elections to do dramas": Congress' KC Venugopal hits out at PM Modi

Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the BJP resorts to "dramas" during election periods while failing to address public issues. He also accused the government of misusing central agencies like the ED and CBI to target Opposition leaders.

Speaking to media persons at Kangra Airport, Venugopal said, "There is nothing... in every election he (PM Modi) used to do those dramas, now we wait after today, you can see the petrol and diesel prices are hiking. His technique is only during the period of elections to do dramas. Basically, the problems of the people are not being solved." "He (PM) is trying to divide the people of this country, in Bengal also he has done the same... on the other side, he is misusing ED, CBI, and he is taking leaders from other parties. Basically, fundamentally attacking the democratic principles of this country... what is the role of ED? ED's role is to bring people from the other party and make them join the BJP, so this is the Enforcement Directorate, you can see that," he said.

Further, he said his visit to Kangra was part of a "fantastic" study tour of the Public Accounts Committee, during which discussions were held with various departments on key development issues. "It was one of the fantastic visits. We came here for the Public Accounts Committee as part of an informal study tour. We discussed with various departments, civil aviation regarding the Udan scheme and the National Highway Authority of India, regarding the roads in Himachal Pradesh and certainly regarding tourism. Yesterday we had three meetings. Along with this, I have done some organisation works. I joined DCC camps and discussed with the chief minister and PCC incharge," Venugopal said.

"That's one of the best models we are now bringing into this country to strengthen our DCCs. Basically, as far as the Congress party is concerned, our main body is the District Congress committee. We have created a system to have a selection process to find out capable persons in each district. There is a selection process done by the senior persons along with other leaders, and this creates a great enthusiasm among the workers of the party. And after becoming the DCC president, there is a 10-day training program, and this is what is happening here, Jammu Kashmir, Himachal and Punjab, three states, DCC presidents are here," he further said. (ANI)

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