Union minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday hit out at the Congress and the DMK over remarks by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge allegedly targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling them an “insult” to the mandate of the people.
“I feel ashamed that the Congress and the DMK have stooped so low that they are insulting the Prime Minister who is democratically elected by the people of India, by calling him a terrorist.
Rahul Gandhi and MK Stalin must apologise for this downright insult to the Prime Minister as well as the people of India who have voted him in.
The Congress and DMK have humiliated 140 crore Indians, including our 8 crore Tamil brothers and sisters, with this statement. This unholy alliance is effectively calling Indians terrorists by targeting the Prime Minister.
Such personal attacks against the PM won’t reverse their electoral fate that has already been sealed by the anger of the people who have suffered their misrule,” Goyal said in a post on X.
The remarks came after Kharge, speaking in Chennai, criticised the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for its political alignment and said, “How can they (AIADMK) join with Modi? He is a terrorist. And he who won’t believe in equality. His party won’t believe in equality and justice. And these people are joining with them, it means that they are weakening democracy…”