Launching a strident attack on the Narendra Modi government, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the Centre is obsessed with power and seeks to silence anyone who disagrees.
"The Modi government is obsessed with power, it seeks to silence all those who disagree...the civil society is being intimidated for asking questions. Television channels are being punished and asked to shut down. The opposition is being arrested for holding the government to account," Rahul, who presided over the Congress Working Committee meet after party president Sonia Gandhi fell ill, said.
He said democracy is going through one of its darkest hours and all attempts are being made to suppress fundamental rights. "We must, in every forum, in particular the upcoming session of the parliament, expose the government's failures," he added.
The Congress vice president also accused the Modi led Centre of failing to curb atrocities against dalits and adivasis.
He said the government is swinging from one extreme to the other in dealing with Pakistan.
Taking on the Union government over the one rank one pension (OROP) issue, he said while the Indian Army has suffered the highest casualties in decades, the government has treated them 'cruelly' by denying the OROP and disability pension.
Rahul said with the assembly elections in a few states round the corner, the Modi Modi government would launch a campaign of disinformation and polarisation. "They will exploit caste and religious lines. We must anticipate and neutralise such devious strategies."
