TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the Congress Party as a ‘Tukde-Tukde gang’ in the Lok Sabha, he on Tuesday said in the Rajya Sabha that the principal opposition party’s thinking has been hijacked by the urban Naxals.
Replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s speech in the Upper House, he said, “It is said that we are trying to change history. Congress thinking has been trapped by urban Naxals.” Saying that their (Congress) thinking has become destructive, Modi added, “We just want to improve the memory of some people. We are not changing history. Some people’s history starts from a particular time, we are only going back. Some people’s history is limited to one family.”
Taking a jibe over the statement made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on the importance of federalism in the Lok Sabha last week where he said that India is a Union of States, Modi said that the Congress party has an objection to the word nation. Why do they not change the name of their party from Indian National Congress to Federation of Congress. “Correct the mistake made by your predecessors,” he added.
Talking about cooperative federalism, Modi said that the GST Council is an example of the federal structure wherein the State finance ministers and Union Finance Minister sit as equals to make decisions. All decisions have been taken unanimously.
