PM Modi slams Congress for 'muslim-party' remark; stop lying, it responds

Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman too attacked Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks of Congress being a 'Muslim party' reported in an Urdu daily and said that he should clarify his comments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the Congress a party for Muslims over alleged remarks by Rahul Gandhi and accused it of wanting continuance of practices like triple talaq, during a speech in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh while laying the foundation for Purvanchal Expressway.

"For the last two days, I am hearing that a naamdar leader (a sarcastic reference to Rahul Gandhi) recently said that the Congress is a party of Muslims. I'm not surprised. Even former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once said that Muslims have the first right over nation's natural resources," Modi said.

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