Speak in Hindi, English or mother tongue for 15 mins: Modi responds to Rahul’s dare
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacks Rahul Gandhi in Karnataka Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his campaign in Karnataka on Tuesday, where he unleashing a sharp attack on Rahul Gandhi and daring him “to speak in any language” for 15 minutes about the achievements of the Siddaramaiah government without reading out from piece of paper. Rahul had attacked Modi by saying, “Modi is afraid to stand in Parliament... If I am allowed to speak for 15 minutes on the Rafale issue in Parliament before Modi, he will not be able to face it.” Speaking at an election rally in Chamarajanagar, the Prime Minister said, “I dare the Congress president to speak in Hindi, English or the mother tongue of his mother to deliver a speech in Karnataka for 15 minutes, without reading out from a piece of paper, on the achievements of the party government...people of Karnataka will draw their own conclusion. Modi attacked Rahul Gandhi and said, “His speaking for 15 minutes itself is a big thing. And when I hear that I would not be able to sit, I think...wow, what a scene it is? Congress president, Sir, we cannot sit before you. You are ‘naamdar’ (famous), while I am ‘kaamdar’ (ordinary worker). We have no status to sit in front of you,” he said. “April 28th is a day that will be written in golden” letters in country’s history, because our hardworking people” made electricity reach the last unelectrified village Leisang in Manipur. “But the new leader of the Congress did not utter two words of praise for the workers who made it possible,” Modi said. -PTC News
