Rajnath Singh wasn’t aware of Naga Peace Accord: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi

MUMBAI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that it is only Modi and a close coterie in government who are in the know about the decisions being taken. Ina media interaction on Friday, Gandhi cited the Naga Peace Accord which the Centre had signed with the NSCN (I-M) and said even Union home minister Rajnath Singh was kept in the dark about the accord being entered into.

“The Congress president called me and told me that the PM has informed about signing the Naga peace accord. She wanted me to check with the chief ministers of the northeastern states about the Naga Accord. The Manipur, Nagaland, Assam chief ministers all of whom told me that they had no idea about the accord being signed. When we spoke to home minister Rajnath Singh, even he did not have any idea about the accord being signed,” said Gandhi. “Who is the interlocutor to sign anything?” he added.

Gandhi also said that the Congress has no objection to the Goods & Services Tax Bill being passed if the Centre agrees to party’s three conditions.

“We are a political party, we got cadres, we got our leaders who want these three conditions to take place. The ceiling on GST is something that we are doing it for the people.”