When Congress taunted PM Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha, BJP leaders' reply was epic - Read

As the members of the Treasury bench rose to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Opposition looked quite uncomfortable.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attended the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour for about 15 minutes, his first appearance in the House since the results of the Assembly Elections in five states were declared. 

As the members of the Treasury bench rose to welcome the Prime Minister who stepped into the Upper House at 1210 hours, the Opposition looked quite uncomfortable.

However, a few Congress members taunted him saying "dekho, dekho kaun aaya hai (look who has come)", to which some BJP members responded saying "Hindustan ka sher aaya hai (the lion of India has arrived)."

Modi sat through the Question Hour for 15 minutes and listened to queries raised by members on vacancies in Kendriya Vidyalayas and cases of manual scavenging.

He left the House at 1225 hours.

A spillover of the mood of Assembly polls was visible in the Lok Sabha yesterday when the Prime Minister was given a grand welcome by the BJP members amid slogans of "Jai Shri Ram" and "Modi Modi".

Soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan mourned the death of former member BVN Reddy and Question Hour began, Modi walked into the House, along with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and BJP's Chief Whip Rakesh Singh.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members welcomed him by thumping the desks for a good two minutes. Some of them shouted "Jai Shri Ram", while a few chanted "Modi Modi" as tribute to the BJP's wins in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

(With Agency inputs)