Former Union minister Milind Deora, who resigned from the Congress and joined Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, took a veiled dig at his former party’s leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against the business tycoons in the country.
"When Manmohan Singh was the finance minister 30 years ago, the Congress party ushered in economic reforms, but now it is abusing industrialists and businessmen, and calling them anti-nationals,” Deora said.
He was addressing a gathering outside 'Varsha', the official residence of Shinde.
Rahul has often questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s perceived friendly relations with corporates especially after the Adani-Hindenburg row.
"Modi said there is only one caste in the country- the poor but he did not say that there is another caste of billionaires also. That is Adani, Ambani's caste. They have a special caste,” he had said in November last.
Deora, however, said Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have a vision for developing the country.
"It is not easy to decide to quit Congress with whom the Deora family has been associated for 55 years. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde requires good people. It is the opinion of Shinde and Lok Sabha member Shrikant Shinde that I can represent his vision and I am thankful to them for trusting me,” he said.
