Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a scathing attack on the Congress in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, blamed the party’s “dynastic politics” for many crises that the country had to face since independence.
"Some members asked- if there was no Congress, what would happen… I would like to say, if there was no Congress there would be no Emergency, there would be no caste politics, Sikhs would never have been massacred, the problems of Kashmiri Pandits would not have happened, if Congress would not have been there, there would've been no incident of daughters being thrown in 'tandoor'," said PM Modi, in his reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address.
"It was said here, 'Congress na hoti, toh kya hota'. It's a result of the thinking, 'India is Indira, Indira is India.' Mahatma Gandhi knew what would happen if they continue to be and he wanted to disband them beforehand," he added.
"Had Congress ceased to be, as per the wish of Mahatma Gandhi, democracy would've been free from a dynasty. India would've walked on the path of national resolutions, instead of taking to foreign views," he said.
The Prime Minister said the democracy and debate are ongoing for centuries in India but Congress never thought beyond a dynasty.
"The difficulty being faced by Congress is that they never thought of anything else before the dynasty. We'll have to accept that the biggest threat to India's democracy is the dynastic parties. When a family is the supreme in any party, then the first casualty is that of talent," PM Modi said.
The Prime Minister said that defeat and victory happen, but don't impose your frustration on people.
"Congress accused us of trying to change history. Congress's thinking has now been hijacked by 'urban Naxals'," he said.
"It was said in Parliament that Congress laid the foundation of India. Some people feel India was born in 1947. This democracy is not the outcome of your efforts. You strangulated democracy in 1975," PM Modi added.
Economic issues
Talking about economic issues, the Prime Minister said India is the only country in the world, which is witnessing high economic growth and also keeping inflation in check at about 4-5 per cent, which was in double digits before 2014.
"The US is facing the worst inflation in 40 years. The UK is facing the worst inflation in 30 years. Similar trends are visible in many other European countries. However, we have kept the inflation in check in the range of 4 -5 per cent. During the UPA regime, inflation had touched double digits. We are the only large economy with high growth and low inflation," said PM Modi, in Rajya Sabha in his reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address to the joint session of Parliament. PM Modi further slammed Opposition parties for showing the lack of trust in the Indigenous COVID-19 vaccines.
"Some of the leaders of the Opposition parties showed immaturity in the last two years. We have seen how games were played due to political vested interests. Campaigns were launched against Indian vaccines to create doubts in the minds of the people," he added.
