”You can”t think beyond a few people”: PM Modi attacks Congress

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ In a stinging attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Opposition party thinks only the Nehru-Gandhi family had contributed to the country”s progress and mockingly quipped that it had “risen” so much that it had lost connect with the ground situation.

Replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President”s Address in the Lok Sabha, he also slammed the Congress for imposing Emergency on this day 44 years back and said the period saw how institutions like the judiciary were insulted and people were jailed by the Indira Gandhi government at will.

He also responded to Leader of Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary”s dare as to why UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi had not been jailed if their party was “corrupt”, saying it was not done because “this is not Emergency” where anybody could be put behind the bars by the government.

“Some members asked – why is person ”A” or B not in jail. I want to tell them, this is not the ”Emergency” where governments jailed people at will,” Modi said, adding these decisions are taken by the courts and courts will decide on jail and bail. In his 65-minute speech, during which there was no major disruption for a change from the recent instances, he asserted that there is no place for corruption in the country and “our fight against corruption will continue”.