Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Opposition parties over their protests in Parliament and alleged that they are rattled by the recent assembly election losses and are disrupting Parliament in frustration.
Addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, Modi also said the Opposition’s conduct in Parliament will ensure its numbers will go down in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and added that the BJP will gain in numbers.
Modi also expressed concern at “attempts” to justify the Parliament security breach, saying it is as worrisome as the incident itself, Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had recently blamed unemployment and price rise for the Parliament breach on December 13, when two protesters jumped into the lower house chamber and opened smoke cans.
Modi said everyone believing in democracy and democratic values should have collectively condemned what had happened. “How can a party believing in democratic values overtly or covertly justify it,” he said, according to BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Modi’s statement comes as INDIA bloc parties are preparing for their fourth meeting on Tuesday to formulate their strategy against the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Modi said their goal is to throw out his government but his government’s goal is to ensure a bright future for the country.
