TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Upping its attack on the BJP, the Congress has accused the government of inventing a story on data theft to divert attention from key issues and likened Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
In a multi-pronged attack on the government, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala alleged that it was managing headlines to deflect attention from issues such as the death of 39 Indians in captivity in Iraq.
While Gandhi accused the government of baiting the media, Surjewala said Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was spreading “lies and falsehood” so it could avoid giving answers in Parliament.
“Problem: 39 Indians dead; Government on the mat, caught lying. Solution: Invent story on Congress and Data Theft. Result: Media networks bite bait; 39 Indians vanish from radar. Problem solved,” Gandhi said on Twitter.
“Hitler had a commander named Goebbels and now Narendra Modi has a minister named Ravi Shankar Prasad,” Surjewala said, sharply escalating the verbal duel between the Congress and the BJP.
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