NEW DELHI: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
on Monday spoke about the endorsement to
Congress
leader
Rahul Gandhi
and AAP chief
Arvind Kejriwal
by Pakistan and said it is a “matter of grave concern and calls for a thorough investigation”.
PM Modi
, in an interview to news agency IANS said, “I don’t understand why some select group of people, apparently those who harbour animosity against us, get endorsements from Pakistan, why voices of support emanate from there, for certain individuals.”
He added that India is a mature democracy and such ‘provocation’ was a matter of grave concern and calls for a thorough investigation.
Amid
Lok Sabha elections
,
Fawad Chaudhry
, former minister in ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led cabinet, shared a video of Rahul Gandhi where he was criticising the BJP and PM Modi, and wrote on X, “Rahul on fire”.
On Saturday, during Phase 6 of voting for Lok Sabha elections, Chaudhary also shared Arvind Kejriwal’s video and wrote: “May peace and harmony defeat forces of hate and extremism. #MorePower#IndiaElections2024.”
Delhi chief minister, however, responded strongly and said that India was fully capable of solving its own problems and that the Pakistani leader’s tweet of support was not needed.
“Chaudhary Sahib, I and the people of my country are fully capable of handling our issues. Your tweet is not needed. The situation in Pakistan is very bad right now. You take care of your country,” Kejriwal said on X.
PM Modi’s dig at Congress
PM Modi spoke took dig at the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government for ‘allowing’ middlemen.
“Our government has transferred about Rs 38 lakh crore directly into accounts of beneficiaries via
Direct Benefit Transfer
(DBT), so far.”
“If we talk about times of Rajiv Gandhi government (when out of Rs 1, only 15 paise reached the intended beneficiaries), about Rs 25-30 lakh crore could have been gobbled up by the middlemen,” he added.
PM Modi further explaining the thrust of technology in his governance, said that it makes the records transparent and administration more efficient.
