Rahul Gandhi had earlier attacked the government and PM Modi, saying there was “no democracy” in India and that those who stood up against the PM were labelled terrorists.
After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the government and PM Modi, saying there was “no democracy” in India and that those who stood up against the PM were labelled terrorists “even if it was (RSS chief) Mohan Bhagwat”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said some people in Delhi are trying to teach democracy to me.
“Some political forces keep lecturing on democracy but see their duplicity and hollowness. The party that rules in Puducherry hasn’t conducted local body elections despite the Supreme Court’s order, whereas Jammu and Kashmir held Panchayat-level polls within one year after becoming a union territory,” PM Modi said while addressing the event for launching the Ayushman Bharat scheme for health insurance coverage to all residents of the union territory.
The recent local body election in Jammu and Kashmir “strengthened roots of democracy” and congratulated voters for exercising their franchise in the seven-phase election, the Prime Minister stressed.
“I would like to congratulate the people of Jammu and Kashmir for strengthening democracy. I saw how the young and the old reached the voting booths in the District Development Council (DDC) polls. The people of Jammu and Kashmir strengthened the roots of democracy in the DDC polls,” PM Modi further added.
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