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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor complimented the prime minister on his speech, but added that he did not answer questions asked by the opposition. (Image: PTI)
PM Modi lashed out at the Congress in an hour-long speech, terming UPA’s 10-year rule as a decade of scams
Describing its 10-year tenure as a decade of scams, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led UPA government in an hour-long fiery speech in the Lok Sabha, saying it turned every opportunity into a crisis and was, therefore, out of power. Went.
Several Congress MPs walked out in the middle of the Prime Minister’s speech. While all of them returned after some time, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was among the first to return, prompting PM Modi to say ‘Thank you Shashi ji’.
Due to this some BJP MPs also started shouting.Congress split‘ (split in Congress), with PM Modi smiling.
All this came as the Prime Minister attacked the Congress, saying that its 10-year tenure was steeped in scams, adding that the decade before 2014 would be known as the lost decade and that “we will Can’t deny that 20-30s is India’s decade”.
“When the civil nuclear deal was happening, they were busy exchanging notes for votes. When CWG was organized in the country, he embarrassed the country with the CWG scam. When there was a telecom moment for the country, they did the 2G scam,” Modi said.
Meanwhile, Tharoor lauded the Prime Minister for his speech but added that he did not answer the questions asked by the opposition. “The prime minister gave a good speech but he did not answer any question asked by the opposition,” the Kerala MP told reporters.
PM Modi’s fiery speech came a day after the Congress leader while replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address. Rahul Gandhi Alleges in Lok Sabha that industrialist Gautam Adani got undue favor from the government Narendra Modi Government.
Hitting out at the Congress, the PM said the “lies and allegations” of some leaders cannot penetrate the “suraksha kavach” (shield) of the faith of crores of Indians. He also quipped that the Enforcement Directorate has brought all the opposition parties on a single platform, which is something even the voters could not do.
The PM also cited his government’s achievements in digital initiatives and the Covid-19 vaccination programme, but said the opposition has a “negative mindset” towards everything.
In an apparent reference to Rahul Gandhi, the PM said the leader had recently traveled to Jammu and Kashmir without any danger. “I had visited Jammu and Kashmir earlier also and had vowed to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk. Terrorists had put up posters threatening me to do so, but I went there without any security or bulletproof jacket.
On Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack in the Lok Sabha over the Hindenburg report, which claimed that Gautam Adani’s fortunes skyrocketed after the BJP-led NDA government came to power in 2014.
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