Launching a frontal attack against the Gandhi family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked why none of them have taken on the surname "Nehru" following India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ '๐ก๐ฒ๐ต๐ฟ๐' ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ: ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐
Replying to a debate on the President's speech in Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said: "If we miss out on mentioning Nehru anywhere, they (Congress) get upset. Nehru was such a great person, then why does none of them use the Nehru surname. What is the shame in using the Nehru name."
"This country is not the property of any family," the PM declared.
Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and Wayanad MP, is the great-grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru and has accused Prime Minister Modi of practicing crony capitalism. The allegations come amidst claims against the business conglomerate of billionaire Gautam Adani, which has recently come under scrutiny after a US-based short-seller, Hindenburg Research, accused the group of stock manipulation and accounting fraud.
๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ '๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ-๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ' ๐๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his speech in Rajya Sabha, the Opposition MPs stormed the well of the House with slogans demanding formation of JPC on Adani row.
The Opposition MPs raised slogans saying , "Modi-Adani bhai bhai, JPC see jaanch karao [Adani-Modi are brothers, We demand JPC probe]."
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐: ๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ
In a scathing and direct attack against the Congress party and its former prime ministers, Prime Minister Modi accused them of ignoring and downplaying their own scandals.
"They say we trouble states, but they have toppled elected state governments 90 times. One Congress PM used Article 356 fifty times to dismiss elected state governments. That was Indira Gandhi," PM Modi said amid loud cheers from treasury benches.
๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ
In a reply seemingly directed towards the opposition's chants regarding the Adani Group, Prime Minister Modi stated, "The lotus (BJP's symbol) will bloom no matter how much mud you throw at us."
"The conduct and tone of some members is disappointing for the entire country. I will tell such people - Jitna keechad uchhaloge, kamal utna hi khilega (the more mud you throw at us, the more the lotus will bloom). For helping the lotus bloom and flourish, we will thank the opposition," the Prime Minister said, hitting out at the opposition members raising slogans.
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