Some Oppn leaders fire off lies like AK47: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while Opposition parties were joining hands to protect their ruling dynasties, the BJP worked to change the country’s destiny. He dubbed some rivals as “lying machines who fire off lies like AK47”.

Modi on Saturday asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers not to be concerned with the alliance of Opposition parties, saying people do not accept them and even “hate” them for their negative works, refusal to recognise the country’s good works and “abuses and insults” for the Army.

Though the prime minister did not name any rival, the BJP has been taking on Congress President Rahul Gandhi for describing the Rafale deal as a scam. The party has also often accused Gandhi of insulting the country and the Army.

Modi’s comments came after a BJP worker sought his response during a video interaction on the coming together of “anti-national” forces like the communists and Congress whenever he takes a step to “protect” Indian values.

Responding to another question in the interaction with party workers of five Lok Sabha constituencies, he accused the Opposition of telling lies and said people now had many means to find correct information.

“Some leaders are like lying machines. Whenever they open their mouths, they fire off lies like AK47,” he said, asking BJP workers to unmask their lies by taking correct information to the masses.