Joining the debate on the motion of thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi targeted the Congress saying, “Aapne desh ke tukde kiye (You divided this country)”.
Amid “Jumlabazi band karo” slogans by members of opposition parties on the floor of the House, the Prime Minister said that “the country is suffering today because of the sins committed by the Congress party in the past”.
Referring to Jawaharlal Nehru becoming the first prime minister of India, Modi said that despite getting votes in his favour, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was not allowed to become the Prime Minister of India.
Claiming that Sardar Patel being the first prime minister of India would have solved the Kashmir issue, he said, “What was the democracy that prevented Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel from becoming the Prime Minister of India despite him getting the votes? Had Sardar been our first prime minister, a part of Kashmir that is with Pakistan would have been a part of India.”
Talking about the new president of Congress, Rahul Gandhi, he accused the opposition party of following the democracy of just one (Gandhi) family in India. Referring to the tearing of an ordinance brought by the then prime minister, Manmohan Singh, by Rahul Gandhi, Modi said that the “Congress leader tore an ordinance brought by a Prime Minister, so they have no right to teach us about democracy. It does not suit them.
