New Delhi: A day after surprising the Prime Minister with a hug, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said he would tackle Narendra Modi’s “hate and fear” with love and compassion.
“The point of yesterday’s debate in Parliament…Prime Minister uses hate, fear and anger in the hearts of some of our people to build his narrative. We are going to prove that love and compassion in the hearts of all Indians is the only way to build a nation,’’ Gandhi tweeted.
The no-confidence motion against the Modi government was defeated in the Lok Sabha after a 12-hour-long heated debate which saw the treasury and Opposition benches trade charges.
But what stole the show was the moment when Gandhi, after a blistering speech, walked over to hug a surprised Prime Minister.
He said love and tolerance, not hatred and lynchings, was the way forward for India.
“I have not an iota of hatred or hard feelings against you. You hate me. You may call me Pappu, you can use a stream of expletives for me. But I don’t hate you or have even slightest of anger for you. I am the Congress,’’ Gandhi said at the end of his nearly 40-minute fiery speech.
Modi hit out at him accusing the Congress chief of arrogance, negativity, childish conduct and a burning desire to become Prime Minister.
Modi said he was extending best wishes to the Congress and other Opposition parties to bring another no-confidence motion in 2024.
It was an ‘unwanted hug’: Modi
Shahjahanpur (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday took a dig at Rahul Gandhi over the ‘‘unwanted hug’’ he received from the Congress president in Parliament, and said the coming together of many parties against the BJP will only help the ‘lotus’ bloom. “We asked the reasons for their no confidence, but when they failed to give it they ended up giving an unwanted hug,” Modi said, referring to Gandhi’s embrace in Lok Sabha Friday. Addressing a Kisan Kalyan Rally here, Modi said: ‘‘There is not just one dal (political party) but dal over dal resulting in ‘‘dal-dal’’ (marshy land) which will only help the ‘lotus” bloom.” Lotus is the election symbol of the BJP.
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