Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a subtle attack on the Congress and senior leader Rahul Gandhi in particular on Wednesday.
PM Modi took part in the Lok Sabha’s Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address.
PM Modi began his statement before the Lok Sabha by thanking the President of India and stating that in her inspirational speech, she had led us and the nation’s citizens.
“When President Address was going on, some people avoided it. A tall leader even insulted the President. They displayed hatred against ST. When such things were said on TV, a sense of hatred deep within came out. Attempt was made to save oneself after writing a letter later,” said PM Modi.
Responding to the allegations raised by the Opposition in the Parliament, he said, “People’s intellect is revealed by their speech. After a speech made yesterday, an entire ecosystem was activated.”
“I was watching yesterday. After the speeches of a few people, some people were happily saying, ‘Ye hui na baat.’ Maybe they slept well & couldn’t wake up (on time). For them it has been said, ‘Ye keh keh ke hum dil ko behla rahe hain,wo ab chal chuke hain, wo ab aa rahe hain,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi, the head of the Congress, who on Tuesday led a ferocious Opposition assault on the government in Parliament, was incidentally not there for the PM’s speech.
A day after Rahul Gandhi questioned the sudden rise in billionaire Gautam Adani’s riches following 2014 and connected it to the election of the NDA government that same year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded.
Indirectly criticising Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition, who had surrounded the government with questions on the collapse of the Adani Group stock and accusations of financial misdeeds and market manipulation against the energy-to-port behemoth, PM Modi said.
The opposition has been calling for an investigation of the accusations made against the Adani Group by the US-based company Hindenburg. The opposition parties have questioned the government on the actions it has taken and said that the collapse in Adani Group share prices is a ‘mega fraud’ involving the money of regular people because public sector companies LIC and SBI invested in them.
