Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has described late Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi as a dynamic Prime Minister. He made this remark on Saturday (May 22, 2022) on the occasion of the death anniversary of the former PM. Interestingly, he is praising a veteran face of the opposition party when he has long been critical of his own party’s firebrand leader and incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Swamy has questioned Modi and his leadership in the recent years regarding the working style, strategy and decisions of the BJP-NDA.
What and in what context did Swamy say on Rajiv?: Former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy made a tweet on the micro-blogging platform Twitter, “The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Alum (LTTE) killed Rajiv Gandhi on this day in the year 1991. was given. That leader was a dynamic PM. I reached Chennai on January 29, 1991. After the dismissal of the DMK government, I went there to oversee as the Cabinet Minister for Law and Justice. At that time all the people of LTTE had disappeared!! I looked for them too. Now he is nowhere!
This is how social media reacted on the opinion of the BJP leader: Social media users gave mixed reactions to this tweet of Swamy. The handle @khaleeltrs said, “No doubt he was the dynamic leader who brought many revolutions. Whether it is in the telecom sector or in the computer sector. He died untimely. We have lost a Bharat Ratna.”
A user named @janataparty1977 shared an old photo in which Swami was seen smiling during an event with Rajiv. The account of @nation_barry was quoted as saying, “These words of yours for the late Rajiv are very encouraging. At present, the PM ends the conversation just by remembering him. Other than that he doesn’t say anything else.”
A blast took the life of ‘Mr Clean’: On the night of May 21, 1991, at around 10.30 pm, she proceeded to garland Rajiv in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu and then touched his feet. Suddenly there was a loud explosion, in which many people including Rajiv lost their lives. Actually, the woman of short stature who had moved towards him was Manav Bam Dhanu. A few months after the incident, seven LTTE members were arrested. Main accused Sivarasan and his accomplices had consumed cyanide before their arrest.
Criticize Modi and friends also tell: Actually, Swamy has been speaking against Modi for a long time. Be it an economic issue or an international one. He has publicly besieged the central government several times for his decisions. However, on the question related to the criticism of Modi, he had told during a conversation with BBC that Modi is his friend and he never speaks against him. He speaks in the interest of the party. Swami, who did his PhD in Economics from Harvard, has been a six-time MP. He has also been Minister of Cabina, while also playing the role of Professor. At present he is the President of Virat Hindustan Sangam.
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— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) May 19, 2022