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Modi in Mumbai Highlights: Congress hits back at PM, says nation in a state of Emergency at BJP's behest

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the third annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Mumbai today.

June 26, 2018 / 16:06 IST
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  • June 26, 2018 / 14:44 IST

    Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala: 

    Our nation has been in a state of Emergency since the last 49 months when the Modi-led BJP government came to power.

  • June 26, 2018 / 14:43 IST

    Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala: 

    The Prime Minister cannot deny that there is an atmosphere of fear in the country, when protesting farmers are shot at by the police; when tribals are made to strip and mercilessly beaten up by the upper castes and the Dalits are openly flogged and lynched.

  • June 26, 2018 / 14:38 IST

    Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala: 

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn't need to give us a lesson in history. He should realise, soon he will be history. (sic)

  • June 26, 2018 / 14:36 IST

    Congress hits back at Modi's comments on Emergency

    Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala: Atthe behest of the BJPled government :

    Aren't the Dalits being persecuted and the farmers being forced to commit suicide?Aren't the women in the country being subjected to sexual and physical abuse while the law and order enforcement authorities are silent observers? Aren't the journalists being ruthlessly murdered for raising their voice against the Modi establishment?

  • June 26, 2018 / 13:46 IST

    PM Narendra Modi pitches for greater long-term investment from AIIB

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pitched for greater long-term investment from multilateral development lender Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), spelled out India’s sound macroeconomic fundamentals and investor-friendly rules and regulations for businesses.

    The country’s macroeconomic fundamentals are strong, with robust external sector and fiscal situation firmly in control, he said, adding that despite rising oil prices, inflation, which is hovering around the higher end of 4 percent, is within a ‘mandated range’.

    Read the full report here

  • June 26, 2018 / 13:36 IST

    No spike in inflation due to rising crude prices: PM Narendra Modi

    The rising crude prices have not resulted in a spike in inflation and the macroeconomic fundamentals of the country remain strong, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here today.

    Addressing the third annual meeting of the governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Modi also said the BJP-led government is committed to fiscal consolidation.

    Read the full report here

  • June 26, 2018 / 12:36 IST

    PM Modi hits out at Congress for not respecting the Constitution

    Those people who crushed the Constitution of this country, and imprisoned democracy, are today alarming the citizens of India that 'Modi will destroy the Constitution'

  • June 26, 2018 / 12:31 IST

    PM Modi:

    The party which does not obey democratic principles within the party, cannot be expected to commit to democracy.

  • June 26, 2018 / 12:29 IST

    PM Modi:

    When Kishore Kumar ji refused to sing for them, his songs and films were not allowed to be broadcast or played on the radio

  • June 26, 2018 / 12:29 IST

    PM Modi:

    At the time of emergency, the judiciary was intimidated, those who were devoted to democracy were forced to withstand hardships and those who were in favor of a family faced no trouble at all.

  • June 26, 2018 / 12:27 IST

    PM Modi:

    Whenever the Congress party has been in a situation of crisis, it declares that the entire nation is facing a crisis and that there is an atmosphere of fear brimming in the country and that the country is going to be destroyed and that only the Congress party can come to the nation's rescue.

  • June 26, 2018 / 12:23 IST

    PM Modi:

    The Emergency is an example of how a family can use the Constitution of India as a tool for its own advantage.

  • June 26, 2018 / 12:21 IST

    PM Modi:

    The country had never imagined that for the greed of power and in the madness of family worship, the people who make tall claims about the Constitution of India and the principle ofdemocracy will make the country into a prison.

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