‘PM Modi Shown 73 times, Rahul Gandhi 6 Times During President Murmu’s Address’: Congress

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of receiving more screen time than Lok Sabha’s leader of the opposition, Rahul Gandhi, during President Droupadi Murmu’s address to a joint session of both Houses of Parliament.

Ramesh posted on X, “Who was shown how many times in the 51-minute President’s address?

• Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi: 6 times

• Government: 108 times

• Opposition: 18 times

Sansad TV is for showing the proceedings of the House, not for the narcissism of cameramen.”

President Droupadi Murmu delivered her inaugural address to both Houses of Parliament following the establishment of the 18th Lok Sabha. During her speech, she criticized the 1975 Emergency declared by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, labeling it as the “biggest and darkest chapter of direct attack” on the Constitution.

The President said, “My government does not consider the Constitution of India as just a medium of governance; rather we are making efforts to ensure that our Constitution becomes a part of public consciousness.”

Responding to the President’s address, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on X, “Listening to the President’s address written by the Modi Govt, it seemed as if Modi ji is in a perpetual state of denial! The mandate was against him because the people of the country rejected his slogan of “400 plus” and kept the BJP away from the figure of 272.”

He added, “Modi ji is unable to accept this, that is why he is pretending that nothing has changed, but the truth is that the people of the country had asked for change.”

They just made a few changes to old speeches. There was nothing new in the President’s address to Parliament today. Several elections have been held since Emergency in which the BJP was defeated. They have nothing new to say,” said Congress leader Tariq Anwar.