Parliament LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the Rajya Sabha in reply to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address, a day after he hit out at the Congress during his speech in the Lok Sabha.
On Tuesday, addressing the Lower House, the Prime Minister slammed the Indira Gandhi government and said the Emergency crushed India’s soul. He further pitched for unity and raised slogan of ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and Jai Anusandhan’.
Rubbing salt into the wounds of Congress after poll rout, PM Modi on Tuesday said the party and its leaders had “risen so high”, and wished them luck to go even higher. The remark, lacked with sarcasm, drew cheers from the NDA lawmakers.
“You have risen so high that you have been uprooted from the ground. Our aim is to remain closer to the people at the grassroots and strengthen them,” he said in Lok Sabha while replying to the customary motion of thanks on the President’s address.
Meanwhile, significant bills will be tabled in the Lok Sabha today. These include bill to amend Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, amendment bill of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002.
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