Megalomania, Nehruphobia a toxic mix: Cong slams PM Modi for 'vicious' attack on Nehru
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New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of suffering from deep insecurities and complexes, saying this makes him "viciously" attack Jawaharlal Nehru.
A day after Modi attacked former prime ministers Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said BJP veterans Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani never did this, but PM Modi by doing so is "demeaning" the high office he holds.
"The Prime Minister was at his nonsensical worst in the Lok Sabha yesterday and undoubtedly will stage a repeat performance in the Rajya Sabha today," he said in a post on X.
"He suffers from deep insecurities and complexes which makes him attack Nehru not politically, but personally in a vicious manner," Ramesh charged.
"Vajpayee and Advani never did this. But Mr. Modi being who he is, thinks he is being clever but actually demeans the office he holds. Megalomania and Nehruphobia are a toxic mix that is leading to the Murder Of Democracy in India," the Congress leader also said.
He said the people of India, especially the youth, have decided that "this will be Mr Modi's last speech in Lok Sabha as Prime Minister". "Das Saal Anyay Kaal will soon come to an end," Ramesh said.
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PM Modi on Monday during his 100-minute speech in the Lok Sabha unleashed attacks on India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, saying the Congress leader thought Indians were lazy and of low intelligence.
“Nehru ji had said from Red Fort that Indians don't have a habit of working hard. He said that we Indians don't work as hard as those in Europe, Japan, China, Russia and the US. Nehru ji thought that Indians are lazy,” the prime minister said in his reply to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the ‘Motion of Thanks’ to the President's address.
In his 1959 address to the nation, Nehru had said, "How does a community grow? It is through hard work. Our country will progress through hard work and will generate wealth. You look at prosperous countries across the world. How did they achieve it? It is through hard labour."
“In India, people are not used to working hard. It is not our fault. Such habits are ingrained due to the situation. But we don't work as much as the people in Europe, Japan, China, Russia and America do. Don't think those countries became prosperous through magic, but through working hard. We have no other option but through hard work and intelligence,” Nehru had said.
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Prime Minister Modi also hit out at Indira Gandhi during his address in the Lok Sabha.
“Indira ji did not think differently than Nehru ji. She had said from the Red Fort that when good work is about to be accomplished, we are filled with content. But in times of distress, we lose hope,” Modi said.
“Looking at the people in Congress today, it seems that Indira ji could not assess the people of the country correctly but assessed Congress correctly,” Modi said.
“Congress' mindset is that it has never trusted the capability of the country. It considered itself rulers and the public as someone lesser, someone smaller,” the prime minister said.
This was the thinking of the "royal family" of the Congress about Indians, he said.
With PTI inputs
