PM Spoke Less On Manipur Because He Is Gripped With 'Congress-Phobia', Says Gaurav Gogoi

The Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha also alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s nationalism was “fake” and “they are not patriots.” 

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday trained guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech in Lok Sabha on the no-confidence motion saying he spoke less about Manipur because he is gripped with “Congress-phobia”. During Modi’s reply to the no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition against his government over the issue of Manipur, the Opposition leaders staged a walkout, alleging that there was no reference to Manipur in the first 90 minutes of his speech.

"... In these two hours, all he did was to twist the name of our country - India. There is a Congress-phobia inside that we can see because the prime minister spent most of his time blaming the Congress party,” Gogoi told the reporters after they staged the walkout.

"No doubt, seeing the unity of INDIA parties in front of him shouting INDIA, INDIA, has spooked the prime minister. Therefore, instead of speaking about Manipur, he spent most of his time criticising the Congress party," he added. 

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The Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha also alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s nationalism was “fake” and “they are not patriots.” 

He also said that the saffron party was “hiding its failures” in Manipur and expressed the hope that the INDIA alliance parties would defeat the BJP in the 2024 elections.

"No matter his speech, we are confident that our parties stand united for a common vision to save and protect the values of our Constitution, to preserve the values of our civilisation and to preserve the integrity, fraternity, liberty and equality, rights and principles that are enshrined in our Constitution. We are confident that the INDIA alliance will win in 2024," he said.

"Having not answered the three questions that we raised, for denying the representatives of Manipur their right to speak in Parliament, for giving the chief minister of Manipur who has failed the people of Manipur a clean chit, for being silent on wrestlers, for being silent on Chinese intrusion in India, for being silent on inflation and for being silent on remarks of former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik and for being silent on issues of national security, the INDIA alliance partners decided to walk out," he added.