You divide & rule: PM breathes fire at Congress

New Delhi/Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a no-holds-barred attack on the Congress, saying the Britishers have gone but the party has made the “divide and rule” policy its character and has become the “leader of the tukdetukde gang”.

Replying to the debate in Lok Sabha on Motion of Thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to Parliament, Modi said the Congress’ “arrogance” has not gone away despite multiple electoral defeats and its “misdeeds” seem to indicate that it has made up its mind not to come to power for the next 100 years. The prime minister said the Congress “crossed all limits” during the Covid pandemic.

During the first wave, when people were following lockdowns and Covid norms, the Congressmen were standing at Mumbai station and scaring innocent labourers into fleeing to their native states, he said. “You have committed a big sin,” he added.

Meanwhile, hitting back at the prime minister, the Maharashtra unit of the party on Monday said that on the contrary, the Centre ran away from its responsibility during the coronavirus pandemic whereas Congress facilitated the return of migrant workers. Leading the attack, Maharashtra ministers Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan termed PM Modi’s comments in Lok Sabha “unfortunate” that did not behove his post. (Agencies)