Kanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lashed out at the opposition parties for disrupting Parliament proceedings during the just concluded winter session and said even behaviour of those who are elected to the municipalities is often better than the manner in which the elected MPs conducted themselves. "Municipality mein chuney hue log bhi aisa karne sey pachas baar sochte hain (Even those elected to the municipalities rethink before the manner in which the MPs from opposition parties conducted themselves),"
Modi said this while addressing a Privartar rally here. He said the country today stands "divided between two sections" -- on the one side those who are standing in support of the corrupt and black money hoarders and on the other "there is an overwhelming section who want to make any sacrifice to fight these menaces". "Virodhi dal beimano ko bachaney ke liye ikkathey ho rahe hain (Opposition parties are uniting to back the dishonest and corrupt)," he said in the presence of several key BJP leaders from the state including a senior party leader sitting MP from Kanpur MM Joshi. "My Government is determined to fight these menaces," he said adding "I know well how much powerful these people are".
Targeting Congress, he said while he wanted debate on all issues, including demonetisation because "those who ran the Government all these years found it difficult to stomach the truth". Referring to the Congress practice about informal management of party funds, especially under the then AICC treasurer Sitaram Kesri, he recalled the oft-repeated saying in old Congress circle "Na kitab na bahi, jo chacha kahe woh sahi (Whatever Sitaram Kesri said about party funds was taken as truth). "Such was the level of accounting of party money," he said. Prime Minister also lamented that due to disruption by opposition leaders, the winter session of Parliament could not discuss about his (Modi's) suggestion for simultaneous polls. (UNI)