New Delhi: Moments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply in Lok Sabha to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address on Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised him, saying the PM does not talk about core issues and rather talks about Congress, former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan.
“The biggest issue today is unemployment and jobs. We asked the Prime Minister many times, but he did not say a word on this. Earlier, the Finance Minister gave a long speech but she also did not say a word on it,” Rahul told media after the PM’s speech.
Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi’s speech in Lok Sabha today: The biggest issue today is unemployment and jobs, we asked PM many times, but he did not say a word on this. Earlier, the Finance Minister gave a long speech but she also did not say a word on it.@RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/DSO2rYMz7r
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“Prime Minister Modi’s style is to distract the country from core issues. He talks of Congress, of Jawaharlal Nehru, of Pakistan, etc but not of core issues,” Rahul added.
In his lengthy address, PM Modi took potshots at the Congress and also touched upon varies issues such as abrogation of Article 370, state of the economy and the CAA, among others.
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During the PM’s speech, Gandhi intervented him, after that, PM Modi took a dig at Gandhi, suggesting the former president of the Congress party was slow to react.
“I was speaking for the last 30-40 minutes but it took this long for the current to reach there. Many tubelights are like this,” the PM said.
In his speech, the Prime Minister also gave a light-hearted yet sharp reply to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘youth will beat PM with sticks’ remark and said he will increase the frequency of doing Surya Namaskar to deal with the assault.
On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi, at an election rally in Delhi, had said, “Narendra Modi is giving speeches, he will not be able to move out of his house in the next six months. The youth of India will beat him with sticks to make him understand that without employment, the country can never progress.
(With ANI inputs)