Last Update: February 09, 2023, 15:15 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rajya Sabha amid ruckus by the opposition on Thursday over the Adani controversy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained unfazed and took a jibe at the protesting MPs with poetic lines
as prime minister Narendra Modi Started addressing the Rajya Sabha, the opposition started raising slogans of ‘Modi-Adani Bhai Bhai’. However, the PM remained unfazed and took a dig at the protesting MPs with poetic lines.
“Keechad uske paas tha, mere paas gulaal. Jo jiske paas tha, diya usne woh uchaal (They had mud, I had colours. Whosoever had whatever they flung in the air),” PM Modi said, adding “jitna keechad uchaaloge, kamal utna hi khilega” (the more mud-slinging , the more number of lotus will bloom).
The Prime Minister was referring to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election symbol, the lotus, which grows in mud.
Amid sloganeering from the Well of the House by MPs from the TMC, Congress and other opposition parties, Modi began replying to the debate on the motion and thanked the President for his address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at the beginning of the Lok Sabha. budget session, and accused the Congress of adopting only “symbolism” to solve the country’s problems.
Opposition parties used the debate on the motion to attack Modi and the government for the unprecedented rise of Adani during the past few years.
In his reply, Modi listed his governments’ achievements – from ending waiting times to get cooking gas to opening bank accounts for all and providing electricity connections.
He said that the effort was to create a bright future and not to look for political gains.
“The behavior and language of some people is disappointing not only for the House but for the country,” he said in an apparent reference to the allegations leveled against him by opposition parties.
The debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha ended on Wednesday. President Draupadi Murmu addressed the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on January 31, the first day of the budget session.
In her maiden address to the joint sitting of Parliament, Draupadi Murmu spoke on a range of issues including defence, space, women empowerment and touched upon the importance of public participation during the ‘Amrit Kaal’ to build a developed country. India Said that the country had a government that was “stable, fearless, decisive”, working for all sections without any discrimination and emphasizing on ‘virasat’ (heritage) as well as ‘vikas’ (development). Was staying Murmu spoke of the government’s relentless fight against corruption, “the biggest enemy of democracy and social justice”. However, the opposition criticized the President’s address.
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