Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in the LS as "arrogant", Congress said he lost a "good" opportunity to present his vision and what he and his party stood for
Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in the Lok Sabha as "arrogant", Congress today said he lost a "good" opportunity to present his vision and what he and his party stood for. "This was quite an arrogant reply. This was the last opportunity for him. Because next budget and President's address will be before the next Lok Sabha election. "He should have used this window of opportunity to present his vision, clarity and also perspective for the country. Perhaps he has lost his life's opportunity or the NDA has lost this good opportunity to present what they stand for," Congress leader Veerappa Moily told reporters outside Parliament.
Answering criticism over demonetization, Modi asserted in the Lok Sabha that the timing for the decision was perfect as the economy was doing well and hit out at Congress whose record he questioned with regard to various issues.
Replying to a debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address which was adopted by the House later amid walkout by Congress, he addressed point-by-point the issues raised by the Opposition, including surgical strikes and allocations for MNREGA, agriculture sector and for Scheduled Castes. Another Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor said that just by giving a good speech, good days do not come as for that there is a need to do some work.
"By giving a accha bhashan (good speech), acche din (good days) does not come. To bring good days, there is a need for work as well. We have just heard his speech. "Today on this demonetisation, we are again getting an opportunity to speak. Because the Ordinance which the government had promulgated, they have now brought a Bill. We will answer on this," Tharoor said.
However, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu slammed the Opposition and said that political rivals of the Ruling dispensation neither has the patience to hear the truth, nor the guts to accept the fact that the nation has rejected them and elected Prime Minister Modi.
‘They must have the patience to hear the truth, the way they were making personal remarks, the way they were trying to heckle the Prime Minister. There's a decorum to give leader of House a patient hearing, but unfortunately Congress can't digest fact that ppl have rejected them and they have selected and elected Narendra Modi as their Prime Minister, this only shows there pity mindedness,’ said Naidu.
Prime Minister Modi earlier in the day took a jibe at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s ‘earthquake’ remark, saying that the nation finally felt the tremors yesterday.
‘I was wondering why the earthquake came. When someone see 'SEVA' or any positive virtue in the word 'SCAM' then mother earth would definitely become upset,’ Prime Minister Modi said while speaking on motion of thanks to President's address in Lok Sabha.
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