Yechury says PM Modi's Independence Day speech surreal and unrealistic

Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech as 'surreal and unrealistic'.

Yechury said, "It was just a companion of slogans and their rhetoric, the speech was completely unrelated to the real day to day condition of the vast majority of our people."

Yechury asked Prime Minister which 'Team India' was he talking about.

He indicted Modi for favoring the wealthy over the poor in the country, saying, his 'Team India' consists of wealthy people.

"Which Team India is he talking about, you have two India's in the making. The Prime Minister's Team India seems to be the only wealthy Team India," the CPI(M) leader told ANI.

"A vast majority of people of this country belong to the other India," he added.

Yechury further said, "It's a surreal speech that has got nothing to do with the reality of the people".

Prime Minister Modi, during in his Independence Day address today, said his "Team India" has rolled out to include millions of poor Indians in the banking and insurance systems.

"This is Team India, a team of 125 crore Indians. This is the team that takes our nation to new heights," PM said in his address to the nation.