“Opposition Cannot Listen to Replies, Can Only Run Away,” Says PM Modi as Opposition Walks Out of Rajya Sabha

GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 3rd July. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the Opposition of evading accountability as they staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha during his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address. The walkout, led by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, followed Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar’s refusal to grant Kharge permission to intervene during the Prime Minister’s speech.

In his address, PM Modi slammed the former Congress chief and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi, saying that the Congress leadership preferred governing from behind the scenes. “These people are such who are used to run the government on auto pilot and remote pilot. They don’t believe in working, they just know how to wait,” he said, aiming at Mrs. Gandhi.

Highlighting his government’s commitment to hard work, the Prime Minister asserted, “We leave no stone unturned in hard work. We would step up what we did in the last 10 years. Considering what our dreams are, these 10 years were an appetiser. The main course has started now.”

Throughout the Prime Minister’s address, Opposition MPs demanded that Mr. Kharge be allowed to speak, raising slogans such as “LOP ko bolne do” and “sharm karo (please have shame).” Despite their efforts, Chairman Dhankhar condemned their behavior, stating, “I strongly condemn unparliamentary practice, please take your seats.”

As the disruptions continued, PM Modi remarked, “Mr Chairman, the country is watching. Those spreading lies do not have the guts to listen to the truth. They cannot sit and listen to the answers to the questions they raised. They are insulting the Upper House, its traditions. The people have defeated them in every way and they don’t have any other option other than shouting in alleys.”

Chairman Dhankhar also criticized the Opposition’s conduct, describing it as “agonising” and stating, “They did not leave the House, they left decorum. They did not turn their backs to me, but to the Constitution. There cannot be a bigger disrespect of the Constitution. I condemn their conduct.”

In a sharp attack on the Congress, PM Modi reiterated that the party was the “biggest opponent of the Constitution,” referencing the 1977 Lok Sabha election held after the Emergency.