The atmosphere of fear in the country, people are afraid of criticizing the government: Bajaj

(PTI) Mumbai, Ta. December 1, 2019, Sunday

There is an atmosphere of fear in the country right now, people are afraid of criticizing the government, because people are not confident that their criticism will be well received by the government. In the time of UPA-2, anyone could criticize. If a businessman criticizes the NDA government, he is afraid of coming to the ED, said Rahul Bajaj, a well-known industrialist in the country.

Responding to Rahul Bajaj, Amit Shah claimed that the atmosphere of fear in the country was wrong. The Modi government is constantly being criticized in the media. Yet if there is an atmosphere of fear we will try to improve it.

In a private event organized in Mumbai, BJP MP Pragya Thakur also raised the issue of calling Nathuram Godse a patriot from Bhopal. Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Minister Piyush Goyal were present on the occasion.

At this time businessman Rahul Bajaj said that you are doing well, but even if we openly criticize you, you are not confident that you will take it well. It's possible that I'm wrong. I personally believe that the country has an atmosphere of fear. People are scared to criticize the government.

Rahul Bajaj said, "The atmosphere that was in the second term of the Congress-led UPA government does not appear right now. Anyone in the UPA government could be criticized, that is, criticism. The atmosphere isn't there right now ... surely this is on our mind.

No one will talk about this. Our business friends will say nothing about this. Businessmen fear that if they criticize, they will be issued an ED summons. I say this openly. Such atmosphere has been created. He also raised the issue of Pragya Thakur.

He said that Sadhvi Pragya was given a ticket first, then if he came to win the election he was included in the Defense Committee ... We need an atmosphere of fear, but no one will speak about this. ' Home Minister Amit Shah, who was present on the forum in the program, responded to Rahul Bajaj's doubts.

Amit Shah categorically denied that there was an atmosphere of fear in the country. "Nobody needs to be afraid of anyone, the Narendra Modi government is constantly being criticized in the media, but if you are saying that this kind of environment has been created then we need to work to improve it," he said.

We will work for that. He added that our government is working transparently and it is criticized and if this criticism is strong we try to improve it.

On the issue of Pragya Thakur's statement, the Home Minister said that the Modi government and BJP have strongly criticized Pragya Thakur's statement. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has already disclosed on the statement of Pragya Thakur, the party has also taken action against him. Amit Shah said, “The government does not support any such comment.

Businessman Rahul Bajaj's statement went viral on social media on Sunday and political reaction to the issue has begun. Jairam Ramesh said that there is a tagline of Indian corporate industry in the advertisement that you cannot beat Bajaj.

The Home Minister also realized that he could not silence Bajaj. Manu Singhvi said that after many years in the corporate world, which has so far advised the opposition, someone has dared to tell the truth.

Important points of the speech of businessman Rahul Bajaj

The 'atmosphere' in the second term of the Congress-led UPA government does not appear to be present.

Anyone in the UPA government was allowed to contribute.

Our mind needs an atmosphere of fear, but no one will speak about it.

If we openly criticize you, do not believe that you will appreciate it.