New Delhi, February 22: Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi continue shooting for a Discovery film on February 14 despite being alerted of the terror attack in Pulwama? Even as ambiguity continues on whether the PM was being timely informed or not, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday reiterated the charge, with a "Prime Time Minister" jibe.
Taking to Twitter, the Gandhi scion took a stinging jibe against Modi, saying that he was busy in a "film shooting" despite being informed about the martyrdom of 40 CRPF jawans.
Here's what Rahul Gandhi tweeted:
पुलवामा में 40 जवानों की शहादत की खबर के तीन घंटे बाद भी ‘प्राइम टाइम मिनिस्टर’ फिल्म शूटिंग करते रहे।
देश के दिल व शहीदों के घरों में दर्द का दरिया उमड़ा था और वे हँसते हुए दरिया में फोटोशूट पर थे।#PhotoShootSarkar pic.twitter.com/OMY7GezsZN
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 22, 2019
The BJP, however, dismissed the charge, accusing the Congress chief of peddling fake news for political gains. The party also raised a question whether Rahul Gandhi was informed about the Pulwama terror assault "in advance".
"Rahul ji, India is tired of your fake news. Stop sharing photos from that morning to shamelessly mislead the nation. Maybe you knew in advance of the attack but people of India got to know in the evening. Try a better stunt next time, where sacrifice of soldiers isn’t involved," the party said in a statement issued on social media.
Notably, Modi was on a day's visit to the Jim Corbett park in Uttarakhand last Thursday. The Prime Minister monitored the aspects of the national park, held meeting with forest department officials, apart from shooting for a Discovery film which documents his early life in the Himalayas.
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