NEW DELHI – The transportation of a “suspicious black trunk” in PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s helicopter during his visit to Chitradurg inKarnataka for poll campaign has bee alleged.
Indian Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma asked the prime minister to comeclean and said the Election Commission should inquire into the contents ofthe “trunk”.
He said the Congress’ Karnataka unit has already filed a complaint with theElection Commission in this regard.
The prime minister had addressed an election rally in Karnataka’sChitradurga on April 9.
“We saw there were three more choppers escorting the prime minister’shelicopter. After landing, a black trunk was taken out and whisked away ina private car which was not part of the SPG carcade,” he alleged.link
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Sharma suggested there was cash stashed in the trunk. “What was there inthe trunk. If there was no cash in it, let there an inquiry be held.”
The party also played a video clip claiming that the purported trunk, afterbeing unloaded from the PM’s helicopter, was shipped to a private Innovacar, that Sharma alleged was not a part of the SPG carcade, and taken away.
Sharma also asked Modi to give an account of his five-year rule to thepeople of the country as a tribute to Dr B R Ambedkar on his birthanniversary.
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“The Prime Minister is trying to control and change the narrative becausehe has no courage the face real issues,” he alleged.
Raising the issue of Rafale, Sharma asked Modi to make public the minutesof a meeting held last year between him and former French presidentFrancois Hollande on the fighter jet deal.
“Why is he (PM) silent on his role in Rafale scam? Make the minutes of themeeting between Prime Minister and former French president FrancoisHollande on the Rafale deal public by tomorrow. As there has been acontroversy, it would help settle it once for all,” he said.
The Prime Minister in his “desperation to win has done enormous disserviceto the nation by dragging in the Armed Forces for Partisan politicalpropaganda”, Sharma further alleged.
“Seeking votes for the courageous action and sacrifices of our soldiers isan unpardonable transgression and also an insult to the Armed forces whodefend the motherland under the tricolour and not under one person orparty. The Indian Army belongs to the Republic of India,” he said.
Sharma also slammed BJP leader and Union minister General VK Singh (Retd).
“There is Prime Minister’s defence and his apology minister including oneof his ministers, who should have been made literate in the militaryhistory of the country. I am referring to retired General V.K. Singh, hesaid – Indira Gandhi benefitted electorally from the Bangladesh war.”
“Is he ignorant of history when he himself was a commissioned officer?”Sharma asked.
“To reeducate him, these are the facts: General Singh got commissioned inJune 1970, Smt Indira Gandhi recorded a massive electoral win in March 1971and India won the 13-day war with Pakistan on 16 December 1971. VK Singhshould extend an unconditional apology,” he said.
