“UPA Turned Every Opportunity To Crisis”: PM Modi Sneers At Opposition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speakme in Lok Sabha an afternoon after Congress’s Rahul Gandhi’s assault on his government, lashed out at the ten years of UPA rule, announcing it had “bled the united states dry”. Replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s cope with in parliament, he stated, “2004 to 2014 became the last decade of scams and violence and the UPA’s trademark became to show each possibility into crisis”. And even as the Congress would possibly experience the manner to head is to “abuse Modi”, the one hundred forty crore humans of the united states have been his “shield”, he brought.

The Prime Minister accused the competition of being so “immersed in despair” that they can not see the development the united states is making. “And why would not or not it’s so? Because withinside the decade among 2004 and 2014…” he stated, launching into one in all his sharpest assaults at the Congress.

“Before 2014, among 2004-14, inflation became high. That decade became the maximum corrupt due to the fact Independence. In UPA’s 10-yr rule, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the complete united states became gripped through terrorism. From Jammu and Kashmir to the northeast, the complete vicinity noticed not anything however violence. In the ones 10 years, India became so vulnerable on the worldwide stage, nobody became even prepared to concentrate to India. Between 2004 and 2014, the UPA grew to become each possibility right into a crisis,” PM Modi stated, amid raucous cheers from the treasury benches.

Hinting that corruption over the ones 10 years had introduced the Opposition below the scanner of Central investigative agencies, he taunted the competition over its deep rifts. The Enforcement Directorate did what the citizens may want to now no longer — “ED has introduced all Opposition events collectively on one platform,” he stated.

Over the remaining 9 years, rather than positive criticism, compulsive critics have taken over, “folks who experience that abusing Modi will remedy their problems,” he brought in an arch connection with Rahul Gandhi’s assault yesterday.

“Yesterday once more withinside the Parliament, there has been a dialogue on Harvard,” PM Modi then brought, leaving no room for doubt approximately the target. “The Congress stated India’s destruction may be a case observe at Harvard. However, withinside the beyond few years, Harvard did an vital observe. The subject matter became: The Rise and Decline of India’s Congress Party. In future, the destruction of Congress will now no longer simply be studied at Harvard however additionally at many different establishments across the globe,” he brought.

Rahul Gandhi had accused the Prime Minister of getting hyperlinks with billionaire Gautam Adani, whose businesses are withinside the highlight after a harmful record through US-primarily based totally short-supplier Hindenburg Research alleged inventory manipulation and accounting fraud through the group.

He stated the Harvard University have to attention at the situation. “Harvard University have to observe the connection among politics and business – India is a case observe and the Prime Minister have to take delivery of a gold medal for this,” Mr Gandhi had stated in his first speech in Lok Sabha after his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The BJP stated it became clean that Mr Gandhi could make Gautam Adani the focal point of Congress marketing campaign for the subsequent election, and it might fail simply the manner their assault at the Rafale deal failed in 2019.

“You are frustrated. But what are we able to do if the humans might not vote to your party,” stated senior BJP chief and previous Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.