The Asian Age

MODI SLAMS OPPOSITION, CALLS THEM ‘ MAHAMILAWA­T’

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Getting into election mode, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his last major speech in before the Lok Sabha mocked at the Opposition­s attempts to forge an anti- BJP coalition as mahamilawa­t ( grand adulterati­on). While presenting the report card of his government, he targeted the Congress for dynasty politics. Hitting out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for his allegation­s on the Rafale fighter jet deal, Modi said that the Congress did not wish to see the country’s armed forces strong.

The Prime Minister also mocked Mr Gandhi’s favourite slogan with a tweak of a well- known Hindi proverb. “The thief is scolding the chowkidar ( watchman),” he said. In his 100minute long reply to the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President’s address, Mr Modi said, “There are two periods in time as far as India is concerned - BC and AD. BC stands for ‘ Before Congress’, when nothing happened, and AD for ‘ After Dynasty’, when everything happened.”

This drew cheers and desk thumping from BJP MPs.

Reaching out to voters to give the NDA a clear mandate once again, the Prime Minister said, “In 2014, for the first time in 30 years, the people gave India its first full majority government. Now the mahamilawa­t ( grand adulterati­on) is about to come”. ACRONYM STAR

PM Modi is known to use acronyms. In his last speech in Parliament before the Lok Sabha he redefined BC and AD - the two phases in years denoted in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here are some other acronyms he has used in the past.

SCAM: Samajwadi Party, Congress, Akhilesh Yadav, and Mayawati. Uttar Pradesh should vote against them in the upcoming Assembly elections, Modi said on Sunday. MOM: Mars Orbiter Mission. “I was sure Mom won’t disappoint us,” he said after the success of MOM.

ABCD: Adarsh, Bofors, Coal and Damaad ( son- in law). To define the Congress in 2014. RSVP: Rahul, Sonia, Vadra, Priyanka.

AKS: Admired in Pakistan ( AK 47, AK Antony and AK- 49 ( Arvind Kejriwal)

JAM: Jan Dhan- Aadhar- Mobile ( For direct cash transfer)

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