Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge takes a dig at the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, saying he does not have the courage to answer the questions posed to him. The remarks of the opposition leader came on Friday, in reference to the Prime Ministerโs speech in the Rajya Sabha.
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Kharge said “repeating falsehoods” has been Modi’s job, and in his 97-minute reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, he didn’t say anything important or necessary.
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“When we presented our statements on the President’s address, the prime minister didn’t respond to a single point. He just kept talking about 100 years… 75 years… 50 years. When we got hold of Mr (MM) Naravane’s book, how could those in power not have it? They’re saying in Parliament that the book hasn’t even been published yet. Whether it’s Amit Shah or Rajnath Singh… everyone kept repeating that the book doesn’t exist, but the reality is that the book does exist,” the Congress chief said.
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When Rahul Gandhi spoke about Naravane’s ‘book’ in Parliament, for some reason, the entire ruling side felt offended, he added, saying, “I want to tell them: first, listen to the truth, then reply. The truth is that Narendra Modi doesn’t have the courage to answer the questions we’ve asked. Modi said that we insulted the Sikhs. Meaning, a conversation between two people outside the House was labelled as an insult to the Sikhs.โ
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“The Congress party respects Sikhs greatly; under a Congress government, Dr. Manmohan Singh served as Finance Minister and then Prime Minister, but Narendra Modi respects neither Sikhs, nor Dalits, nor Adivasis. The only thing in Narendra Modi’s mind is how to belittle others,” he alleged.
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The founder of modern India, Jawaharlal Nehru, established the public sector, but Modi calls them factories that declare bankruptcy, Kharge said.
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“When not a single watch was made in the country, it was the public sector that stepped up, but instead of saving the public sector, Narendra Modi worked to dismantle it. Narendra Modi has no ideology. He has no vision for guiding the country,” he alleged.
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These statements show that Modi’s morale is broken, his sparkle has faded, Kharge claimed.
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“If a person in the prime minister’s position uses abusive language against democracy and the country, that’s not a good thing. Narendra Modi is afraid of what questions Rahul (Gandhi) ji will ask, what he’ll say, what facts he’ll present, so Modi ji doesn’t even sit in the House,” he said.
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“The Lok Sabha Speaker saidโintelligence was received, so he advised Modi ji not to respond to the President’s address in the Lok Sabha. If your intelligence is so good, where was it during terrorist attacks like Pulwama? Lynchings are happening across the country, and attacks on Adivasis and Dalits are taking place. Where does this intelligence go then?”
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“The Modi government doesn’t even want to run the House in a democratic manner,” he alleged.
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“The truth is that over the past few days, Narendra Modi has been troubled because matters related to him have come up in the Epstein files. After that, Narendra Modi surrendered before Trump and struck a trade deal. He sacrificed the country’s farmers. Modi is making our people poor and making America’s farmers rich,” Kharge alleged.
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Kharge’s remarks came a day after Prime Minister Modi accused the Congress of insulting the President of India by resorting to disruptions in the Lok Sabha during the debate on her address.