‘Modi’s claims on flood relief shows rank opportunism’
23 Jun 2013 11:39 PM GMT
Dismissing reports that Narendra Modi had helped in evacuation of thousands of people from flood-hit Uttarakhand, I&B minister Manish Tewari today said such claims reflected ‘rank opportunism’ to try and ‘milk a tragedy for political reasons.’
All the elements of national power put together had on Saturday evacuated 10,000 people and in all till yesterday the government had been successful in evacuating 17,000 people, he told reporters here.
‘Now in all this, if somebody wants to become a Rambo and claims that he alone in a span of two days during a trip of disaster tourism brought out 15,000 people, I am afraid for the lack of a better word, it just reflects rank opportunism and sheer desperation to try and politicise and even milk a tragedy for political reasons,’ he said.
Tewari said the country should really think about the mindset behind such politics.
The information and broadcasting minister was asked for a comment on reports that the Gujarat CM along with his team of officers had managed to evacuate 15,000 people from calamity- hit Uttarakhand.
When asked if Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would visit Uttarakhand, Tewari said the party did not believe in scoring ‘cheap brownie points.’
All the elements of national power put together had on Saturday evacuated 10,000 people and in all till yesterday the government had been successful in evacuating 17,000 people, he told reporters here.
‘Now in all this, if somebody wants to become a Rambo and claims that he alone in a span of two days during a trip of disaster tourism brought out 15,000 people, I am afraid for the lack of a better word, it just reflects rank opportunism and sheer desperation to try and politicise and even milk a tragedy for political reasons,’ he said.
Tewari said the country should really think about the mindset behind such politics.
The information and broadcasting minister was asked for a comment on reports that the Gujarat CM along with his team of officers had managed to evacuate 15,000 people from calamity- hit Uttarakhand.
When asked if Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would visit Uttarakhand, Tewari said the party did not believe in scoring ‘cheap brownie points.’
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