New Delhi, March 13 Union Minister Giriraj Singh accused Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, of spreading confusion and misinformation about the availability of LPG in the country.
Gandhi behaved in a similar manner during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the country efficiently tackled the pandemic under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the textiles minister told reporters in the Parliament House complex.
On Thursday, Gandhi alleged that India's energy security had been "compromised" due to a "flawed" foreign policy, and that the government had "bartered" the right to determine relationships with different oil suppliers to the US.
Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi said that the war between the US, Israel, and Iran would have far-reaching consequences.
Criticising Gandhi, Giriraj said, "Gandhi only knows how to abuse the country. When COVID hit the country, he spread confusion and misinformation across the nation."
"Sometimes he questioned why vaccines were not being given to children. At other times, he made different claims. He only spread confusion," the textiles minister told reporters in the Parliament House complex.
However, the prime minister served the people of the country through the vaccination program and, as part of his foreign policy, supplied vaccines to many countries, reflecting India's philosophy of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" (The world is one family), he said.
Now, Giriraj claims that Gandhi is spreading confusion and misinformation about the availability of LPG in the country.
The Begusarai MP said that Rahul Gandhi does not deserve to be the leader of the opposition.
"Rahul Gandhi's role has been reduced to behaving like an urban Naxal, with no seriousness at all. He does not even understand what it means to be the leader of the opposition," the minister said.
"He still believes he is a crown prince. It is unfortunate that the Congress has become a slave to the fake Gandhi family," he added.
The ongoing conflict in West Asia has triggered an LPG crisis in India, with people having to stand in long queues for hours to buy cylinders.
With the conflict shutting the Strait of Hormuz—the narrow sea lane between Iran and Oman through which India gets more than half of its 5.8 million barrels of crude oil, 55 per cent of cooking LPG gas, and 30 per cent of liquefied natural gas (LNG)—oil companies have prioritized supply to household kitchens while cutting back on commercial users like hotels and restaurants.