‘Ek akela kitno ko bhari pad raha hain’ (one person is proving too much for so many), that was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sharp dig at the Opposition who were stalling the his speech on Thursday in Rajya Sabha again and again. “The country is watching that one person (leader) is proving too much for so many (Ek akela kitno ko bhari pad raha hai). Even to chant slogans, they have to switch (in turns). I have been responding to their voices for over an hour in one voice,” PM Modi said while replying to the motion of thanks to the President’s address. This comes amid the Opposition sloganeering linking the PM to the Adani Group since the beginning of his address in the upper House. The PM continued: “I live for the country. I am out to do something for the country. Those who play political games do not have that courage.
They are looking for a way to save themselves.” Opposition members kept raising slogans during PM Modi’s speech over their demands pertaining to Hindenburg-Adani row. PM Modi further took a jibe at the opposition with a Hindi Shayari, “Keechad uske pas hai, mere pas gulal…jo bhi jiske pas tha usne diya uchaal”. “I want to tell the Opposition MPs, the more ‘keechad’ (sludge) you will throw at us, the lotus will bloom even more. So, you all have an equal role in making the lotus bloom, and I think all of them for that,” he said. Hitting back at the opposition over their allegations about the Centre troubling non-BJP governments in states, Prime Minister targeted Congress and said its leader Indira Gandhi had scored a “half-century” in dismissing elected governments. He said the BJP-led government at the Centre has stressed on “cooperative, competitive federalism” while also framing policies keeping in mind national progress and regional aspirations. “We are accused of troubling the states. I have been the chief minister for a long time.
I understand the meaning of federalism. We have stressed on cooperative, competitive federalism. We have kept in mind national Those who are sitting in Opposition today, they had tampered with the rights of states,” PM Modi said. PM Modi said Congress repeatedly misused Article 356. “A Prime minister used Article 356 fifty times, and scored a half-century and that name is Indira Gandhi. In Kerala Communist government was elected which wasn’t liked by Pandit Nehru and was toppled,” he said. PM Modi, who was repeatedly cheered by BJP members, said that the country is made from the common man’s sweat and courage and is not “any family’s property”. “Some people will have to understand that this centuriesold country is a country made from the common man’s sweat and courage. This country is not any family’s property. We named the Khel Ratna award after Major Dhyan Chand. We named the islands in Andaman after Netaji. We are proud. There are some who do not leave an opportunity to demean the Army, we named islands after the recipients of Param Vir Chakra. This is our dedication. You have problems with it which is visible,” he said.
