Modi said his government’s priority was to evacuate all Indians safely from Sudan but the Congress exposed the identity of the people from the tribe stranded there and put their lives at risk. He alleged Congress leaders thought if any Indian stuck in the African nation gets hurt by bullets, the party would blame him in the Karnataka polls.
“The BJP government was trying to get them out of Sudan but the Congress started making noise here. We had to bring them out quietly but the Congressmen made their faces public and by making such mistakes, they put the lives of these people in danger,” the prime minister said at the rally in Abu Road town of Rajasthan’s Sirhoi district.
He said the Congress was waiting for something untoward to happen, so they could “grab Modi’s collar” and play politics in Karnataka.
“But the Congress forgot one thing. I think the Congress has not understood Modi yet. Congress people should know this is Modi, who can cross any limit to protect every single Indian who is in trouble,” he said.
Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah had tweeted about 31 members from the Hakki Pikki people from Sudan. He had tagged the prime minister in the tweet, urging him to bring the tribal community members to India safely.
Responding to his tweet, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said, “Simply appalled at your tweet! There are lives at stake; don’t do politics.
