NEW DELHI: BJP chief and Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday took a dig at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his demand for a separate fisheries ministry and stated that he was undecided if the latter’s memory failed when he claimed that there was no fisheries division within the NDA authorities.
“I am hurt. Rahul Gandhi had asked a question on February 2. But in Puducherry and Kochi, he said that there is no fisheries department, I don’t know if his memory failed him. ‘I will form a separate ministry when we come to power’, Gandhi had said. Whose question was this?” Giriraj Singh, who’s the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of India, stated whereas talking within the Lok Sabha.
I’m damage. Rahul Gandhi had requested a query on 2nd Feb. But in Puducherry & Kochi, he stated that there isn’t any Fisheries Dept, I do not know if his memory failed him. I’ll kind a separate ministry after we come to energy, he stated. Whose query was this?: Minister for Fisheries in LS pic.twitter.com/IbXIhdFb5h
— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2021
After Rahul Gandhi’s gaffe in Puducherry on February 17 calling for the organising of a separate ministry for fisheries, Giriraj had taken to Twitter to take a swipe at the Congress chief’s “ignorance” and try to “spread misinformation”.
“Caro Raul (@RahulGandhi), Non esiste un Ministero della pesca separato in Italia. Viene sotto Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali. politicheagricole.it” (There isn’t any separate Ministry of Fisheries in Italy. It comes beneath the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry),” Giriraj had tweeted.
The Gandhi scion, who was in Puducherry that day to kickstart the Congress’ election marketing campaign, had addressed the fishing neighborhood and spoke concerning the ongoing farmers’ protest.
“The government passed three bills against farmers, the backbone of a nation. You must be wondering why am I talking about farmers at the meeting of fishermen. I consider you to be farmers of the sea. If farmers of the land can have a ministry in Delhi, then why not the fishermen?” Rahul Gandhi had requested.
“The current government is attacking small and medium businesses because they want all businesses to be controlled by big corporations. Our view is different. We want to strengthen small and medium businesses because we believe that’s the strength of this country,” the Congress chief had stated.
After this comment from Rahul Gandhi, Giriraj Singh, in a tweet in Hindi, had additionally stated, “Rahul ji! You should know that on May 31, 2019, Modi ji created a new ministry. And started the Rs 20050 cr Master Plan (PMMSY) which is several times more than the central government’s expenditure from independence to 2014 (3682 cr).”
“Rahul Ji! I request you to come to the new fisheries ministry or call me where I come. Let me tell you about the schemes being run by the new Fisheries Ministry all over the country and Puducherry,” he had stated in one other tweet.
