Shatrughan Sinha praises Rahul Gandhi for VC on COVID-19, has a message for PM Modi
Shatrughan Sinha praised Rahul Gandhi for his Video Conference on COVID-19. Sinha had a message for PM Modi, urging him to takes experts along in the fight.
- India News
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Amid mixed response for Rahul Gandhi for his video conference on COVID-19, Shatrughan Sinha has come out in support of the Congress' Member of Parliament. The Congress leader stated that Rahul Gandhi spoke impressively while conducting himself with confidence and conviction.
The actor-politician even suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider the viewpoint of Rahul Gandhi and Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and even host a joint press conference to enlighten and boost the morale of the citizens.
Taking to Twitter on Saturday, Shatrughan Sinha stated that Rahul Gandhi spoke with 'positivity and maturity', purely in the ‘interest of the nation’, without being political. The veteran also pointed out that some bits of his conference was 'tampered and ridiculed', and were going viral, but that did not matter at this point.
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Sinha further praised another leader, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha for his take on the ‘deteriorating' role of the beaureacracy, the economic situation and the plight of the migrant workers.
The former BJP MP expressed to the Prime Minister that the country was united in this crisis, and made a ‘humble request’ to him that as the ‘guardian of the nation’ he should take the leaders, experts, intellectuals and best of professionals on board, something he felt will be highly appreciated and applauded.
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Here are the posts:
At the press conference (PC) on Wednesday,the dynamic,dashing youthful leader @RahulGandhi was very impressive & spoke very well too. Hon’ble PM @narendramodi & the Govt must consider the view point of the opposition leaders especially #SoniaGandhi & Rahul Gandhi. He conducted
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) April 18, 2020
himself with lots of confidence, conviction, positivity & maturity, purely in the interest of the nation, nothing political, though some of our friends with vested interests/ IT Cells groups have tried to tamper/ ridicule with the contents of the clip, which has gone viral &
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) April 18, 2020
hardly matters at this juncture.Similarly a few days back even seasoned leader, statesman @YashwantSinha had given a positive, potent & important article on the deteriorating role of the bureaucracy, falling economy, current economic situation & of course on the plight of the
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) April 18, 2020
migrant workers across the country. The country is united in these matters & we are all looking up to you for guidance in this hour of this pandemic, as you are the guardian of the nation. A humble request/ suggestion that in this hour of crisis to take along other opposition
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) April 18, 2020
leaders, experts,intellectuals & best of professionals on board.This will be highly appreciated & applauded. Sir, I would go to the extent of requesting you to go for a genuine & joint press conference. It would not only enlighten & could boost the morale of the people further.
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) April 18, 2020
The link to both the above matters is being shared here for your kind perusal , understanding, action, reaction, information & broadcasting. Jai Hind!#COVID-19https://t.co/3559GdTczUhttps://t.co/ZZfNFGUEBx
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) April 18, 2020
Earlier, there was a section that was not too pleased with Rahul Gandhi’s video conferencing including celebrities like Sona Mohapatra, Priya Gupta and Asoke Pandit. However, leaders like Abhishek Singhvi had praised the views he had expressed.
Some of the highlights of his speech involved increasing the testing as being the solution for COVID-19 instead of a lockdown. He had added that the leaders across parties needed to showcase unity.