On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are in Dhaka for the inking of the Land Boundary Agreement, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday questioned their bonhomie.
Published : 06 Jun 2015, 06:45 PM
He also slammed the duo for making tall promises.
Attacking Banerjee for pulling out of the then prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka in 2011, Gandhi questioned the Trinamool Congress supremo's change of heart that prompted her to join Modi on his two-day trip to Bangladesh.
"When Manmohan Singh went to Dhaka and asked her to accompany, Mamata ji said 'no' asserting she wanted 'ekla chalo re' (go your own way alone). But now with Modi, she is not singing 'ekla chalo re' (go alone).
"Why is this friendship between Modi and Mamata, what is the reason of this friendship, you all know the answer," Gandhi said addressing party workers here.
Gandhi said both Modi and Mamata had a habit of making tall promises with no intentions to fulfil them.
"Both Modi and Mamataji make only promises. Mamata has been saying industry is coming to Bengal, but I ask has a single unit been set up here. She says youth will get jobs but there are over one crore jobless youth in Bengal," said Gandhi.