Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched fresh sets of the attack on the Congress saying the party has yet not able to accept its defeat in the national polls.
Replying to the ‘Motion Of Thanks on the President’s Address’ in the Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said, ‘My friends in the Congress have not been able to digest victory, they have not been able to accept defeat. This is not a healthy sign in a democracy’.
PM Narendra Modi: My friends in the Congress have not been able to digest victory, they have not been able to accept defeat. This is not a healthy sign in a democracy. pic.twitter.com/npiw02SbIJ
— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2019
Further slamming the Congress, PM Modi said that since the Congress has failed so it is now looking for reasons and excused of EVMs and others.
As quoted by ANI, PM Modi said, ‘Now they are slamming New India. Do they want old India back? Old India where cabinet decisions were torn in press meets, old India where Navy was used for personal trips, old India where numerous scams existed, old India which supported tukde tukde gang?’.
PM: Now they are slamming New India. Do they want old India back? Old India where cabinet decisions were torn in press meets, old India where Navy was used for personal trips, old India where numerous scams existed,old India which supported tukde tukde gang? pic.twitter.com/tZQspGMuTc
— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2019
Commenting on the controversy over the use of EVMs, PM Modi further slammed saying that it was Congress who had introduced the EVMs in 1992.
‘There have been so many elections with EVMs and parties that are present in the Rajya Sabha have got opportunities to govern in different states after elections were held through EVMs. Then, why question EVMs today?’, PM Modi said in Rajya Sabha.
PM Modi: There have been so many elections with EVMs and parties that are present in the Rajya Sabha have got opportunities to govern in different states after elections were held through EVMs. Then, why question EVMs today? pic.twitter.com/mTwPj87g5Y
— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2019
Further slamming the opposition over the EVM Issue, PM Modi said that Election Commission had invited all parties on the EVM Issue but just two parties accepted- CPI and NCP. I appreciate both the parties for going to the Election Commission to learn more about the issue’.
‘But, why did the rest of the parties questioning the EVMs not even bother to go, they should answer’, PM Modi said amid his MPs supporting his argument.
PM Modi: Election Commission had invited parties on the issue of EVMs but just two parties accepted- CPI and NCP. I appreciate them for going to EC to learn more about the issue. But, why did the rest of the parties questioning the EVMs not even bother to go, they should answer https://t.co/MXFGjrDuZM
— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2019
He also attacked Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress Leader in Rajya Sabha, saying that he thinks that Azad Sahab is having blurred vision, maybe he is seeing everything from political spectacles. Taking a jibe at him, Modi quoted Ghalib and said, ‘ta umr Ghalib ye bhool karta raha, dhool chehre pe thi,aaina saaf karta raha’
PM Modi in his speech also raised the issue of Jharkhand Lynching, NRC, deaths in Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Water Crisis in some part of the country.
Talking about Lynching, PM Modi said, ‘The lynching in Jharkhand has pained me. It has saddened others too. But, some here in the Rajya Sabha are calling Jharkhand a hub of lynching. Is this fair? Why are they insulting a whole state? None of us have the right to insult the state of Jharkhand’.
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