Congress Leader Questions PM Modi's Foreign Visits, Criticizes BJP's Accusations

New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Chairman ofCongress' Media and Publicity Department, Pawan Khera, on Wednesday raised questions over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign visits just as the PM landed inIsraelfor a two-day visit to strengthen the bilateral ties.Hitting back at Piyush Goyal's "Rahul Gandhi is compromised" remarks, Khera asked the BJP to answer the questions raised on the current government rather than raising doubts on the previous administrations.Speaking to ANI, Pawan Khera said, "Is Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister? At whose behest does the Prime Minister go abroad? Under whose pressure did he agree to the trade deal? Who is in the government? If people were upset with us, that is between them (public) and us. Now, you should be answering the questions after being in power for 12 years. What is your connection to Epstein? Why are you scared?"PM Modi has arrived in Tel Aviv,Israel, for his two-day state visit at the invitation of hisIsraeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, aimed at further deepening the "robust and multifaceted Strategic Partnership" between the two countries.In the backdrop of the ongoing political row over the YouthCongress's protest at the AI Summit,CongressMP Imran Masood also questioned the Prime Minister over the India-US interim trade agreement.Masood too asked PM Modi, to question theIsraeli Parliament over the ongoing war with Palestine.Imran Masood said, "It is quite fortunate for IYC that its leader is leading the fight and we are all with him. The PM has done grave injustice through the deal (with the US) by compromising the country. Now, 'Vishwaguru' should have the courage to stand in the parliament ofIsraeland question why they killed the innocent children of Gaza."Congress's response came after Union Minister Piyush Goyal alleged that the Gandhi family "is a completely compromised political family" andCongressis "a compromised political party".Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, Goyal also slammed former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru over some of their decisions.Goyal accusedCongressof "corruption" and said "Rahul Gandhi means compromise".With the BJP andCongresslocking horns over the "shirtless protest" of the Indian YouthCongressduring the AI Summit, Goyal alleged that "Rahul Gandhi has become the poster boy of negative politics".Last week, Indian YouthCongressmembers staged a "shirtless protest" at Bharat Mandapam during the AI Impact Summit.IYC chief Uday Bhanu Chib was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an ongoing investigation into the protest. Later, a Delhi court granted four days' police custody of Chib in connection with the case. (ANI)