Rahul Gandhi, Mocked Many times Over Fisheries Ministry Call for, Clarifies
Rahul Gandhi had referred to as fishermen “farmers of the ocean” in a speech in Puducherry
New Delhi:
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has doubled down on his declare that the rustic wanted a “ministry for fisheries”, days after the centre rubbished a remark he made in Puducherry that fishermen don’t have any fortify from the federal government.
Mr Gandhi’s new assault at the centre over supporting fisheries at par with the farm sector, this time, took a semantic departure from his previous swipe – he stated the rustic wanted a “ministry of fisheries” and “now not only a division”.
Mr Gandhi whilst addressing fishermen on February 17 had referred to as them “farmers of the ocean” and sought a separate ministry for fisheries. A number of union ministers together with the Fisheries Minister himself, Giriraj Singh, had then briefly identified that Mr Gandhi’s declare wasn’t totally right kind.
In a recent tweet as of late, Mr Gandhi used the variation between a ministry and a division in a swipe on the centre.
“Expensive PM, Fisherfolk want an impartial and devoted ministry of fisheries, now not only a division inside of a ministry. PS – ‘Hum do Humare do‘ clearly harm dangerous,” Mr Gandhi tweeted as of late.
The web site of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying says “the Division of Fisheries is among the two Departments beneath the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying. It got here into life with impact from 05.02.2019 thru carving out Fishery Department from the erstwhile Division of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries…”
Mr Gandhi’s “hum do humare do” isn’t a brand new swipe on the govt led via High Minister Narendra Modi. He has been taking veiled digs on the unnamed “two”. Mr Gandhi had additionally pinned the “Ambani-Adani” tag at the 3 contentious farm rules and had claimed that the federal government works for handiest the 2 richest businessmen within the nation.
“I am astonished to grasp {that a} party’s chief is blind to a separate ministry shaped for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy via PM (High Minister Narendra Modi) in 2019 and I took oath as its minister. Paintings is underway in Puducherry and in different portions for the primary time,” Fisheries Minister Giriraj Singh advised newshounds on February 17.
