Cong says Modi’s Red Fort address ‘most disappointing’

New Delhi: The Congress termed the Independence Day speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “most disappointing” and accused him of being insensitive by comparing the death of over 60 children in Gorakhpur to a natural calamity. The party also called the PM’s fight against black money a “sham”. “The PM’s address has been most disappointing. After three years, it was time for him to give an account of the failure of his government in fulfilling its promises to the people, especially the youth, farmers and weaker sections,” Congress leader Anand Sharma said, adding, “In a very trivial manner, he equated the Gorakhpur tragedy to other natural calamities...”

The Congress Party has termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech as “most disappointing”. Senior spokesman of the Congress, Anand Sharma, said, “The Prime Minister’s Independence Day address has been most disappointing. After three years, it was time for him to give an account of the failure of his government in fulfilling its promises to the people, especially the youth, farmers and weaker sections.”

The Congress leader also hit out at the Prime Minister for comparing the Gorakhpur tragedy, in which children lost their lives, to a natural calamity. “The PM has not shown sensitivity, and he has not actually registered the gravity of the situation. That a large number of children, infants have died because of callous neglect and he has just in a very trivial manner equated the Gorakhpur tragedy to the other natural calamities, he should have been careful,” Mr Sharma said. On the call of the Prime

After 3 years, it was time for the PM to give an account of the failure of his govt to the people

— Anand Sharma, Senior Spokesperson of the Congress

Minister to embrace Kashmiris, the Congress said that nobody stopped the Prime Minister from embracing Kashmiris in the first place and that he should talk to all sections and create a national consensus, as well as in Kashmir, to resolve the state’s issues.

On the PMs assertion that violence in the name of faith has no place in society, Mr Sharma wondered that who had stopped the PM from taking action against people who vitiate the atmosphere of peace.

He said, “Why has action not been taken against such individuals or organisations, when they have their government in the Centre and states? Why have they not been arrested.”