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Andhrawala Legend Username: Andhrawala Post Number: 56914 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 152.51.56.1 Rating: N/A |
Defending his demonetisation drive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked former PM Manmohan Singh on Wednesday, saying, âSo many scams but not a stain on him. Only Manmohan Singh knows the art of 'bathing' wearing a raincoat.â Modi was referring to Singhâs âcleanâ image despite various scams taking place under the previous UPA government. he made the comments while making an address in the Rajya Sabha. âFor almost 35 years, Manmohan Singh had a lot of influence on the country's economic policies,â he added. Singh had described demonetisation as "organised loot" and "legalised plunder". This provoked an angry reaction from Congress members who staged a walkout in the midst of the reply by the Prime Minister to a debate on Motion of Thanks to the President's Address which was later adopted by the House after negation of all the 651 amendments. While responding to Congress leader Anand Sharma's allegation that a lot of money was spent to push digitisation in the country, he said, "Anand Sharma ji was asking why are you spending crores on Digital tech. Not a single extra penny was spent in development of BHIM app." Modi, in his over one-hour speech, focussed his attack on Congress and other opposition parties for criticising the demonetisation decision and his push for cash-less economy. He also slammed the Congress for finding faults with lack of proper infrastructure in the country, saying by doing so, they were only presenting their "report card" of 70-year rule. He said that demonetisation was required to deal with the problems of corruption and terrorism in the country. No Signature |