PM Modi again taunts Rahul Gandhi with ‘failed product’; Called Congress a ‘parasite’


Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached a major national conclave organized in the national capital New Delhi, while speaking on important issues like global diplomacy, modern economy and internal security, has made the sharpest attack so far on the opposition camp. PM Modi directly targeted opposition leader Rahul Gandhi without naming him and termed the current functioning of the Congress party as ‘parasite’. The Prime Minister said that today when the whole world is searching for a new and stable global order, there are some people and political parties active in our country who are only dreaming of chaos and instability. Taking a strong dig at the leadership of the Congress, he asked that for how long will the country’s oldest party continue to make unsuccessful attempts to relaunch a ‘failed product’ again and again. This address of PM has started a new debate from national politics to international forums.

In his sharp address, Prime Minister Modi attacked in detail the current political condition of the Congress Party. He said that Congress has today become such a parasitic force that it is neither able to strengthen itself nor is giving any opportunity to its allies to move forward. The PM alleged that after being out of power at the Centre, Congress’s frustration has reached such a level that it has started seeing everything bad, flawed and disappointing within the country. The situation has become such that the party now seems bent on destroying the constitutional and democratic system itself. The Prime Minister stressed that the role of constructive opposition in democratic politics is to build the nation, but when a party engages only in the politics of negativity and creating distrust in institutions, it completely loses the trust of the public. The people of the country are now mature and they are completely rejecting the political experiments which have repeatedly proved unsuccessful.

The Prime Minister made special mention of the ancient Indian ethics and philosophy of the great economist Acharya Chanakya in the background of the current international conflicts and the tense situation in West Asia. Quoting Chanakya’s famous Sanskrit verse ‘Apranitah tu Matsya Nyayamudbhavayati’, he explained to the world that when the effective control of law and rule-based system ends in a society or world, then ‘Matsya Nyaya’ i.e. Jungle Raj is born there. Matsya Nyaya simply means that the bigger and more powerful fish starts swallowing the smaller fish. To save today’s turbulent world from such situations, there is a strong need for a fair, strong and rules-based system. PM Modi proudly underlined that India is today playing its role in front of the world as a moral and balanced superpower to stop this ‘fish justice’. Giving the example of the Covid period, he reminded that in that time of crisis, India had proved its commitment to global brotherhood to the entire world by selflessly providing life-saving medicines and free vaccines to more than 100 countries.

Speaking on the changing international scenario, the Prime Minister expressed his candid views on the declining effectiveness of global institutions, especially the United Nations (UN). He said that when an organization like the UN was born from the ashes of the Second World War, the priorities of the world were different. At that time, respect for the sovereignty of countries, peaceful cooperation and resolution of disputes were the main basis. But today in the 21st century, the world’s problems and the nature of war have completely changed, while international organizations are stuck in their old ways. The PM warned that today global trade is being used as a weapon (trade weaponization), maritime trade routes have become centers of geopolitical tension and attacks and modern technology is being used as a means of dominance. When the world’s challenges change at such a rapid pace and the international institutions to solve them are unable to move out of the old system, it is natural for widespread distrust and distance to arise in the system. Therefore, today it has become mandatory to radically reform the global governance system and give place to new realities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his statement with India’s long-term vision and advocating for the rights of developing countries. He said that India is continuously raising the voice of those countries of the ‘Global South’ in international forums, whose concerns have been ignored by the Western and developed countries for a long time. Referring to the national resolution of ‘Developed India’ by the year 2047, the PM made it clear that this dream of 140 crore Indians is not limited to our own economic upliftment, but a strong, self-reliant and democratic India will emerge as the biggest guarantee for the stability, supply chain security and peace of the entire world. Cautioning the global community, he said that international cooperation cannot be just a formality in times of happiness and normalcy, but its real test comes only in difficult times of crisis, and India will stand as the world’s most reliable partner in every crisis.