In New Delhi [India], Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, in an indirect reference to Rahul Gandhi, claimed that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had "protected" someone who should have borne the brunt of the party's poor performance in recent years. general elections.

Prime Minister Modi alleged that the Gandhi family pressures other leaders, usually a Dalit or an OBC, to take the blame whenever the party does poorly so that the "family" remains safe.

"With these election results, not only is there a jump in the capital market but there is also an atmosphere of joy around the world... In the midst of this, the congressmen are also happy. I cannot understand the reason for this joy.... Is this joy for the hattrick of defeat? Is it this joy for falling to a nervous 90? Is it this joy for another failed shot?

The Prime Minister responded to the debate on the 'motion of thanks' on the President's speech in Rajya Sabha.

"I saw that even Kharge ji was full of energy. But perhaps Kharge ji served his party a lot because he protected someone who should have borne the brunt of Congress's loss in the Lok Sabha polls, instead he stood as a wall..." said the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister said that an example of how the Gandhi family scapegoated an OBC leader was that of Kerala MP K Suresh, whom the Congress fielded for the post of speaker of the lower house of Parliament despite of knowing that he would face failure.

"...Whenever such a situation arises, a Dalit and a backward person have to bear the brunt and that family remains safe. The same was seen here too. You would have seen the Lok Sabha speaker issue, there also his defeat "It was safe, but who did they push? A Dalit. They knew he would lose, but they still sent him."

The Prime Minister criticized the Congress and claimed that it has an "anti-SC/ST/OBC" mentality.

"In the President and Vice President elections, in 2022 they fielded Sushil Kumar Shinde; let the Dalits lose, they have nothing to lose. In 2017, when defeat was certain, they fielded Meira Kumar... Congress has an anti -SC/ST/OBC due to which, they continued to humiliate former President Ram Nath Kovind. With this mindset, they left no stone unturned in insulting the first tribal woman President of the country and used words that no one else can," the said. Prime Minister. saying.

On June 26, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Om Birla was elected Lok Sabha Speaker for the second consecutive time after the House adopted the motion moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and supported by the Defense Minister Rajnath Singh through a vote. voice vote.

The opposition, which had named K Suresh as the presidential candidate of the INDIA bloc, did not push for a split vote.

Suresh was nominated for the post of LS president after the opposition bloc did not receive any clarity on the post of vice president, for which he had been pushing.

Meanwhile, today, as the Rajya Sabha proceedings began, the House mourned the loss of lives in the stampede incident that occurred at a 'Satsang' in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh.

Rajya Sabha LoP Kharge asked the government to enact legislation aimed at preventing similar incidents in the future.