Just poll rhetoric, mum on jobs, farmers, Rafale: Rahul Gandhi on PM speech

Congress President Rahul Gandhi said the country had hoped the PM would give a prime ministerial speech, but it was an election campaign speech

The Congress leadership on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in the Lok Sabha.

UPA chairman Sonia Gandhi said the prime minister said nothing new. “He is repeating old things. But people are interested in their jobs. They want to know about their future,” she said.

PM Modi spoke for 90-minutes in the Lok Sabha in his reply to the motion of thanks to the President’s address. In his speech, the PM attributed much that is wrong with the country to the long years of Congress rule and spoke at some length about corruption.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi said