PM Modi hits out at Gandhis over Nehru: 'Why don't they use his surname?'

PM Modi hits out at Gandhis over Nehru: 'Why don't they use his surname?'

"This country is not the property of any family," the PM declared.

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Thursday, February 09, 2023, 04:39 PM IST
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PM Modi's address replying to a debate on the President's speech in Rajya Sabha | Screengrab from live feed of Sansad TV.

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.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ '๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐˜‚' ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†

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.

๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ '๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ-๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ' ๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€

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]."

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ถ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ

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.

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ

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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