NEW DELHI, Sep 10: Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik continued his tirade against Modi-led NDA Government, but touched a raw nerve when he praised Rahul Gandhi for the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.
Malik said that Rahul is doing a good job and hoped that the 3,570-km journey from Kanyakumari to Kashmir will lead to some “good outcomes”. He was addressing an event in Bulandshahr district’s Moodhi Bakapur village on Thursday.
The veteran politician has been publicly critical of the Union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the farmers’ issue on numerous occasions. But his appreciation for Rahul Gandhi was unusual and comes just two years after Malik took a sharp swipe at Gandhi for his stinging attack on the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
Rahul was critical of Malik for not allowing political leaders to visit Kashmir Valley after revocation of the erstwhile state’s special status under Article 370.
Malik, who was the then Jammu and Kashmir Governor, had accused Gandhi of lying about “deaths” and alleged use of brute force by the government.
The Meghalaya Governor also took a jab at the central government for changing the name of “Rajpath” in Delhi. He said the name, Rajpath, was given by the country’s first Prime Minister Pt Jawaharlal Nehru and not by the British. Rajpath, a stretch of road between Rashtrapati Bhavan and India Gate, which has been refurbished as part of Central Vista Avenue, has been renamed “Kartavya Path”.
