Jammu: Be it a rally or a birthday celebration, political leaders do not miss a chance to take jibes at each other. While addressing a gathering on the 100th birth anniversary of late Congress leader Girdhari Lal Dogra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took an apparent swipe at the culture of dynastic politics by mocking Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra.
Modi praised Dogra for having a keen eye to judge the character of people and cited his selection of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as his son-in-law as an example of this. He also took the opportunity to take a dig at Vadra by saying that Dogra did not give undue advantage to his son-in-law unlike "some others these days".
"Both Dograji and Jaitleyji have stayed away from each other in political life. Both the leaders have held a different political approach. Son-in-laws should not be known by their father-in-law's name and vice versa. Dograji did not give an undue advantage to his family but today, we know what things are heard because of son-in-laws," unlike other political families," he said.
He noted that Dogra was a tall leader in Jammu and Kashmir who had presented 26 budgets as Finance Minister of the state but never favoured any of his family members, including his son-in-law Arun Jaitley.
Modi also said that while all parties were united at the event, in three days they would clash in Parliament hinting that the government is ready for a stormy Monsoon session which starts on July 21.
The centenary birth celebrations of the late Congress leader in Jammu was attended by leaders from all political parties. It was expected that Modi would announce a multi-crore development package for Jammu and Kashmir but no such announcement has been made yet.
He also disapproved of political untouchability, saying the national heritage should not be divided and all leaders who have worked and died for the nation should be given equal regard irrespective of their ideologies and affiliations.
"There should not be political untouchability. Everybody in public life works with certain ideology but he lives and dies for the nation. We should be proud of them and have equal regard for anybody who has worked and died for the nation, irrespective of their political ideologies and affiliations.
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