Rahul Gandhi repeats gaffe, promises Fisheries Ministry at Centre

Days after wrongly claiming that there is no dedicated ministry to deal with the issues of fishermen Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday repeated his promise of forming a Central ministry dedicated to fishermen of India The comments of the Congress MP came at an interaction with the fishing community in Kollams ThangasseryJust like our farmers farm the land you farm the sea Farmers have a Ministry in Delhi you dont No one speaks for you in Delhi The first thing I would do is to have a ministry dedicated to the fishermen of India so that your issues can be defended and protected said the Congress leader in Kollam He made a similar gaffe in Puducherry earlier this monthEarlier Rahul Gandhi had demanded the setting up of a separate ministry for fisheries at a meeting in Puducherry However the comments came in for immediate rebuttal by Union Minister for Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying Giriraj Singh Singh had also taken a swipe at the Congress leaders ignorance and attempt to spread misinformation Rahul Gandhi is unaware that a separate ministry for fisheries animal husbandry and dairying was formed by the Prime Minister in 2019 adding that Gandhi cant come out of Italy the Minister had saidUnion Ministers Giriraj Singh and Smriti Irani also slammed the Wayanad MP and did so in Italian Giriraj Singh tweeted Caro Raul RahulGandhi Non esiste un Ministero della pesca separato in Italia Viene sotto Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali politicheagricoleit There is no separate Ministry of Fisheries in Italy It comes under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry httppoliticheagricoleitThe Union Textiles Minister Smirti Irani posted Sanno solo una cosa Diffondere bugie paura e disinformazione They only know one thing Spreading lies fear and misinformation Wednesdays repeat gaffe by Rahul Gandhi also came in for wide ridicule on social media as memes and comments flooded various platformsMeanwhile Gandhi further said that one page of the election manifesto of UDF will be dedicated to fishermen and urged leaders of UDF and fishermen to have discussions in the coming 3 weeks to form the manifesto 5 per cent commission will be abolished if you prefer it that way he said on an alleged issue of Kerala State Government charging a commission on selling fishermens produceEarlier the Congress MP also went into deep waters with the fishermen took part in the morningcatch and said the travel to the Thangassery waters helped him better understand the travails of the fishermen About the recent controversy on the purported agreement concerning the deepsea fishing project between the Kerala government and EMCC International Pvt Ltd he said Im for competition but not for unfair competitionHe said the UDF will implement in Kerala a different version of NYAY in which Rs 72000 was promised to be given to the poor each year Loans and other forms of educational assistance will be given to fishermen community he further said The Wayanad MP again slammed the Central Government on the issue of rising fuel prices and said that hardearned money of people is given to few businessmen The price of petrol has plummeted in the International market but the price in our country is going up The government is taking money out of your pockets and giving it to 2 or 3 businessmen he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever