We will tackle Modi'sanger with love: Rahul Gandhi

"The point of yesterday’s debate in Parliament..PM uses Hate, Fear and Anger in the hearts of some of our people to build his narrative. We are going to prove that Love and Compassion in the hearts of all Indians, is the only way to build a nation," Gandhi tweeted.

Gandhi made a unique move on Friday during the debate when he hugged the PM inside the Parliament, grabbing attention across the nation.

Later a wink by him was reprimanded by the Speaker. 

The Narendra Modi government on Friday defeated a No Confidence Motion brought by the Opposition by a big margin, after a daylong debate when the ruling party was attacked over defence deals and accused of not delivering what it promised in the past four years.

The government won 325 (Noes) against 126 (Ayes) in the voting at around 11 pm after the Prime Minister delivered a long speech presenting a report card of his rule in the past four years.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House till Monday.

Chandrababu Naidu's TDP had brought the no-confidence motion, demanding a special status for Andhra Pradesh. The motion was supported by the Congress, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Responding to the No Confidence Motion in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the opposition and said the nation today witnessed negativity expressed by some members of the House and said all that Congress wants is to remove Modi from power.

"Today the nation has seen the negativity expressed by some members. India saw how some people are so deeply opposed to development," Modi said while making an address at the Lok Sabha.
He ridiculed the Opposition saying they are in a hurry to sit in the chair or power. He said the Opposition should bring another No Confidence Motion in 2024 alluding that the BJP would win the polls in 2019 and form government again.

Taking a dig at the Congress party, Modi said, "If you were not prepared for the debate why did you bring the motion? Why were you trying to delay the motion."

Rahul Slammed Modi:

Targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly during his speech on the No Confidence Motion in Lok Sabha on Friday,  Rahul Gandhi said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lied about the facts of the Rafale deal and a secrecy clause under pressure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Nirmala Sitharaman lied to the country over the Rafale deal under Prime Minister Narendra Modi when she said she could not reveal the details of the deal owing to a secret pact with France. There is no such pact," said Rahul Gandhi.

The Congress president said he came to know from French President Emmanuel Macron himself that there was no secret pact between India and France.

He attacked the PM and the BJP on ‘favouritism’ on the Rafale deal by assigning it to a businessman with no experience in building planes, instead of to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

French Government Issues statement:

After Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed in Parliament on Friday that he had learnt from the French President that there was no secrecy clause in the Rafale aircraft deal, the French Embassy in New Delhi issued a statement to cite an India Today interview of their President and affirmed that the deal was sensitive and hence the details cannot be revealed.

The statement by the French Embassy put Congress in a spot and Rahul Gandhi probably lied on the issue going by the reaction of France, as it said that India is bound by the secrecy clause.

It said: "We have noted the statement of Mr Rahul Gandhi before the Indian Parliament. France and India concluded in 2008 a Security agreement, which legally binds the two States to protect the classified information provided by the partner, that could impact security and operational capabilities of the defence equipment of India or France."

"These provisions naturally apply to the IGA concluded on 23 September 2016 on the acquisition of 36 Rafale aircraft and their weapons. As the President of the French Republic indicated publicly in an interview given to India Today on 9th March 2018, « In India and in France, when a deal is very sensitive, we can’t reveal all details »," the statement by French Embassy in New Delhi read.