Watch Video: I think Congress has made up its mind to not come to power for next 100 years, says PM Modi - Highlights of his speech

In a scathing attack at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he thinks the grand old party has made up its mind to not come to power for the next 100 years. He also gave several examples where the Congress has remained out of power for years. The PM was is replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks in the Lok Sabha.

"Nagaland voted for Congress 24 yrs ago, Odisha voted for you 27 yrs ago. You won with full majority in Goa 28 yrs ago. In 1988, Tripura voted for Congress. West Benga voted for Congress in 1972. You take credit for creation of Telangana but the public did not accept you," PM Modi said. "After losing so many elections there is no change in your (Congress) 'Ahankaar' (ego)," he added.

The PM said the Opposition can oppose him, but "blind opposition is disrespecting democracy". "You can oppose me, but why are you (Congress) opposing the Fit India Movement and other schemes? No wonder you were voted out in many states years ago...I think you have made up your mind not to come to power for the next 100 years," he said. "If I talk about 'vocal for local' then you ignore it. Don't you want to create India 'Atamanirbhar'? You (Congress) don't want to fulfil the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi," he added.

He also accused the Opposition of being responsible for the countrywide spread of COVID-19 and the migrant crisis during the first wave. "During the first wave of COVID19, you (Congress) gave free train tickets to migrant workers to leave Mumbai. At the same time, Delhi govt told migrant workers to leave the city and provided them buses. As a result, Covid spread rapidly in Punjab, UP & Uttarakhand," he said.

Further hitting out the Opposition, PM Modi said, "Many of you are stuck in 2014, that's why you are also losing out."

Targetting the Congress, he said that some people are not have a problem with 'Make in India' as "for them, it means that there will be no corruption, they won't be able to gather money...we have made an attempt to resolve all pending issues of the defence sector," he added.

The PM also addressed the issue of inflation raised by the Opposition, saying his government has tried to tackle inflation even during the pandemic.

"The Opposition has raised the issue of inflation here, it would've been better if they have raised that matter while their govt was in power. In pandemic also our govt tried to tackle inflation. During 2014-2020 the inflation rate was below 5%," he said. "Congress' P Chidambaram is writing articles on economy in the newspapers these days. In 2012, he said that public not troubled when they've to spend Rs 15 on a water bottle & Rs 20 on ice cream but the public can't tolerate when Re 1 increase in prices of wheat & rice," he added.

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Published on: Monday, February 07, 2022, 06:09 PM IST