Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a swipe at his critics, saying that their “pain” was that they did not get a “chance for preparation” before he announced the move on demonetisation,
“Some people are criticising saying the government did not make ample preparation. I think that is not the issue that the government did not make ample preparation. I think the pain of such people is that the government did not give a chance to make any preparation,” he said at a book launch function in Delhi.
“If these people had got 72 hours to make their preparation, they would have lavished praise that there is no one like Modi,” he added.
“The main issue is that the Prime Minister doesn’t come to the Lok Sabha for discussion. The moment he comes to Lok Sabha, doodh ka doodh, paani ka paani ho jayega (everything will be clear). The PM doesn’t want to sit in Lok Sabha. We have been stopped from speaking in the Lok Sabha. What you are scared of?” Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi dared the Prime Minister.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called Modi “a bad politician and a worse administrator who is spreading lies and relaxing even as the common people continue to suffer. Modi ji has lost all credibility. A bad politician and even worse administrator. He is lying,” she said in a statement in Kolkata.
“While supporting demonetisation in principle, I, with equal force, criticise the poor arrangements for its implementation due to which common man is facing hardship,” Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is also the JD(U) national president said.
“Modiji’s move on black money has made leaders like Manmohan Singh, Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, Mulayam Singh, Mayawati and others uncomfortable. The glow on their faces has disappeared,” BJP chief Amit Shah said in a BJP event.
“When there is flood, snakes and mongooses, rats and cats stay together on trees. Now, Modi’s demonetisation flood has forced the leaders of the SP, Congress, Mamata, Mulayam, Mayawati and Kejriwal to take shelter under one umbrella. They are waiting for Modi’s flood water (step against black money) to recede,” he quipped.
By Premji
