PM's interview bereft of reality, full of rhetoric: Congress

The Congress on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying his interview was full of rhetoric and there was no mention of ground realities or any concern for promises made by him to the people.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the prime minister should have spoken about the suffering caused to the people from note ban and GST, bank frauds, black money, national security and farmers woes.

"Summary of Modiji's monologue' interview -- I', Me', Mine', Myself'. The country is suffering your I's and lies'," he tweeted.

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said the people of the country cannot be "fooled" through a "fixed interview" and dared him to face Parliament and a press conference.

The former Union minister said the prime minister did not spare the people of the country from his penchant for "false promises, hollow claims and propaganda".

Sharma also attacked the prime minister over his claims on surgical strikes, saying "it is a national shame that the Prime Minister seeks to politicise the surgical strike and divide the country."
Surjewala said, "Bereft of ground reality, 'jumlas' (rhetoric) galore, Modiji's interview looks like a parody."