Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday once again launched an all-out attack on Congress for skipping the all-party on the COVID-19 crisis and blamed the grand old party for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus.
Replying to the Motion of Thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address, PM Modi accused previous governments of Congress of toppling state governments in India, saying the country’s democracy is facing the “biggest threat from family-run parties.”
“It was said in the House that Congress laid India’s foundation and BJP just hoisted a flag. It wasn’t said like a joke in the House. It’s a result of serious thinking that’s dangerous to nation – some people believe that India was born in 1947. Problems arise due to this thinking,” PM Modi said.
“This mindset it has had an impact on the policies of those who received the opportunity to work for the last 50 years. It gave birth to perversions. This democracy is not due to your generosity. Those who strangulated democracy in 1975 should not speak on it,” he added.
Claiming Kishore Kumar was boycotted by Congress for not supporting Emergency, the Prime Minister said when a family is paramount in a particular party, the biggest casualty is talent.
“When Congress was in power, they didn’t allow country’s development. Now when in opposition, they are obstructing the development of the country. They are now objecting to ‘Nation’. If the idea of ‘Nation’ is unconstitutional, then why is your party called Indian National Congress,” PM Modi added further.
