Live: PM Modi spoke for an hour, but spoke nothing about Rafale deal, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress President Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the latter's hard-hitting speech in Lok Sabha, amid massive protests and sloganeering from the Opposition.

07 February 2018

14:09 IST

Probably he has forgotten that he is the Prime Minister of the country and that it's his government in power. He just talks like opposition. It was fine when he talked about past 70 years before becoming the Prime Minister, but now that he has been in power for this long, he needs to speak about his government and the steps taken by it, says Rahul Gandhi.

14:08 IST

Prime Minister needs to give answers, instead he is only asking questions, says Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

14:06 IST

Rahul Gandhi says - PM Modi did not say anything about Rafale deal. We have just three questions - Did he consult Cabinet group on security before the deal? What was the price paid for the aircraft? Was their any discrepancy in the deal?

14:03 IST

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hard-hitting speech in Lok Sabha, Congress president Rahul Gandhi addresses media. The Gandhi scion reiterated that the Prime Minister did not speak anything about lack of job opportunities and need of farmers.

13:08 IST

We're focusing on energy production - hydro, thermal, nuclear 

We improved the transmission network. 

13:06 IST

When we first came to power, Congress had alleged that the Aadhaar scheme will be dropped by Modi govt. Instead, we approached the entire Aadhaar exercise with scientific approach and gave it structure. Even then you have a problem. 

Today, because of Aadhaar, so many people are able to benefit from government schemes. 

13:04 IST

India has received the order to built more than 900 aeroplanes. We are using top technologies and satellite data to aid our progression 

13:04 IST

Chote man se koi bata nai hota, aur tute man se koi khada nai hota, Atal Bihari had said. 

12:59 IST

The country's youth now doesn't want a government job. They want to be entrepreneurs, launch their own startups. Our government is trying to cater to the aspiration of the youth 

12:55 IST

Unemployment data present by data (Congress) is presented from the entire country. But what about the employment data? Why have you not presented that data?

Karnataka and other three Congress-ruled states have admitted that there's been an uptick in the employment.

Doesn't people running their own establishments and hiring people counts as employment?  

12:54 IST

This government is focusing on employment and job creation in the country: PM Modi

12:52 IST

No Congress leaders will ever admit that other parties or previous governments or citizens have a role in the development of the country. 

12:48 IST

After we came into power, we've focused on the development of Northeast states. What did Congress do?

12:48 IST

Every Indian is paying the price of the poison infested by Congress: PM Modi 

12:46 IST

No Congressmen will admit the number of schemes started during the Atal Bihari government or the success of them. 

12:45 IST

If you (Congress) were closer to the roots of India, you wouldn't have met this fate

12:45 IST

How did the Congress act in Kerala, how did they treat the Akali Dal in Punjab, how did they behave in Tamil Nadu? Why did Congress dismiss so many state governments at their will. This is no commitment to democracy: PM in Lok Sabha

12:38 IST

What was the democracy that prevented Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel from becoming the Prime Minister of India despite him getting the votes? Had Sardar been our first prime minister, a part of Kashmir that is with Pakistan would have been a part of India, says PM Modi.

12:37 IST

Your leader (Rahul Gandhi) tore an ordinance issued by an elected government, Congress has no right to teach us about democracy. It does not suit them, says PM Modi.

12:35 IST

In a scathing attack on the Congress and Gandhi family, PM Modi says "state governments and regional parties have been toppled by Congress, they just believe their family democracy is country's democracy".

12:31 IST

"Which democracy does Congerss talk about? When their prime minister Rajiv Gandhi landed in Hyderabad and a Dalit leader came to welcome him, he insulted him publicly. Is that the democracy that Congress talks about?", says PM Modi in Lok Sabha.

12:30 IST

Nehru or Congress did not give democracy to India. There was democracy in the country even during the times of Licchhvi kingdom and Gautam Budha.

12:29 IST

I don't know if I should call it arrogance or lack of knowledge when they say Jawaharlal Nehru brought democracy to India, says PM Modi.

12:29 IST

Had the past Congress governments worked with responsibility, they would have taken the country to new heights. Had they kept the right directions with right intentions, this country would have been in a much better position at present, says PM Modi.

12:25 IST

In the past, media used to side with the Congress governments, thinking that would benefit the country. Radio programmes used to praise the government everytime, says PM Modi in Parliament.

12:24 IST

As PM Modi speaks in Parliament, opposition members raise "Jumlabazi band karo" slogans.

12:24 IST

PM Modi says "the country is suffering today because of the sins committed by Congress in the past"

12:23 IST

"Congress divided Andhra Pradesh for the sake of votebank"

12:17 IST

PM Modi accuses the Congress of dividing India -- "Aapne desh ke tukde kiye"

12:17 IST

PM Modi joins the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address in the Lok Sabha. 

12:16 IST

Opposition disrupts House proceedings with sloganeering. 

12:14 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the lower house of Parliament amid massive protests from Opposition

11:26 IST

The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday quashed 88 iron ore mining leases in Goa for violating the environmental norms. Cancelling all the leases, the top court added that no operations will continue after March 15, 2018. 

09:40 IST

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad gives zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over deteriorating security situation in Jammu & Kashmir.

07:59 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak in the Lok Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's address.

07:56 IST

Mumbai: Fire breaks out at a godown in Goregaon area. 8 fire tenders at the spot.

07:55 IST