NEW DELHI: The opposition on Tuesday snubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the Motion of Thanks debate to President’s speech in Lok Sabha and accused him of ignoring all the concerns flagged by Rahul Gandhi.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed that PM Modi’s speech reflected that he has lost his connection with people and their needs
“I think he has lost his connection with people and their needs. This is what it seemed from his speech,” Priyanka said as she stepped outside the Lok Sabha building.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also attacked PM Modi and termed his address as an election speech.
“You (PM) have already spoken repeatedly on dynasty politics, now you should be speaking regarding President’s speech, and he should speak on the criticism made by opposition regarding it he did not answer anything, it was an election speech, tomorrow it is Delhi election, he spoke keeping that in mind” Tharoor said.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said that there was nothing new in PM Modi’s speech and claimed that he ducked the questions raised by Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders
“He did not speak on a single question raised by Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders, Akhilesh Yadav also spoke very well, he didn’t answer anything on that,” Venugopal said.
“This is the same repetition of the PM’s speech that we have been hearing for so many years. Nothing new,” he added.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party criticised the Prime Minister for skipping the Maha Kumbh stampede tragedy from his speech.
“It is truly unfortunate that when such a huge tragedy occurred at the Kumbh Mela, witnessed by the entire world, the government initially concealed the numbers. And today, what is even more heartbreaking is that no one seems to care,” Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said.
SP MP Dimple Yadav backed Akhilesh and said, “PM Modi came to reply to the President’s speech, and we were expecting a 2-minute silence to be observed on Kumbh stampede, that was our only expectation. But, this expectation of us was also not met in Parliament.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, replying to the Motion of Thanks debate in the Lok Sabha criticised the Gandhi family, including leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Criticising the past Congress governments in a veiled reference, the PM said, “We had a PM, he wanted to be called Mr Clean, he understood the problem. He said if Rs1 leaves Delhi then only 15 paisa reaches the poor. Only one party ruled in states and the centre. This was pure loot, a very big ‘haath safai’.”
Contrasting it with the efforts of the current government, he mentioned the initiative, “JAM Trinity,” which links Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhar cards, and Mobile numbers to give direct benefit transfers to people.
Meanwhile, he hit out at Sonia Gandhi for her remarks on the President, “After the President’s address, someone from a poor family, another woman could not respect the President. But she is being insulted by saying all sorts of things. I can understand political frustration but against the President? What is the reason?”