Modi defends govt on jobs, farms in LS pitch
ACRONYMS BC has come to stand for ‘Before Congress’, AD for ‘After Dynasty’: PM
NEW DELHI: In what should be his penultimate speech in the 16th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday strongly defended his government’s achievements and launched an attack on the Congress party and the Opposition, pitching his tenure as “55 months of service to the nation” against “55 years of enjoyment of power of the Congress”.
In what should be his penultimate speech in the 16th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly defended his government’s achievements and launched an attack on the Congress party and the Opposition, pitching his tenure as “55 months of service to the nation” against “55 years of enjoyment of power of the Congress”.
Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to Parliament, Modi used his 100minute speech to reach out to key constituencies — from first-time voters who will cast their ballot for the first time in the upcoming general election this summer, the middle class, traders, the poor, and farmers.
He listed out major successes and historic initiatives undertaken by his government.
The PM mocked the Congress several times and fielded the Opposition’s charges on what have emerged as key national issues — unemployment, farm crises, and the Rafale fighter jet deal.
In an aggressive speech, Modi sought to counter charges levelled by the Congress and said that in an election year, “leaders are bound by a compulsion to make all kinds of charges”.
Modi sought to play up his humble beginnings and status as an outsider in Delhi to attack the Congress. “The root of the problem is that a poor man who has never seen the streets of Delhi has done so much, that they can’t digest. The Congress has been tied to power. This intoxication is creating a problem.”
He chose to call emerging and newfound Opposition unity as “maha-milawat gathbandan” or an “adulterated alliance”.