NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of becoming PM because of “foreign help”.In a social media post on X, Rahul alleged that PM Modi’s financial system was fully controlled and supported by foreigners, while foreign social media platforms fully backed him.“Mr Modi, stop lying to this nation,” the Congress leader said.“You became PM because of foreign help. You remain PM because of foreign help. Your financial system is fully controlled and supported by foreigners. Foreign social media fully backs you,” he added.
Rahul also challenged PM Modi to an open debate on the issue, but said the latter would not dare to accept it.“I challenge you to an open debate about this. Any stage, any time. Come if you have the guts. You won’t dare, because you are terrified of what I know about you,” he added.Rahul’s remarks came in response to PM Modi’s ‘Ekta Diwas’ speech, in which he accused the opposition of turning into an “obstructionist force” (avrodh paksh).The Prime Minister also warned against forces “engaged in conspiracies to divide” the country, saying social media was “being weaponised, rumours being spread, and attempts being made to tarnish India’s image”.“When the country was seeking solutions to external challenges, some forces within the country were also creating instability by spreading lies and rumours. But the countrymen stood shoulder to shoulder with the nation,” PM Modi said“It is our misfortune that at this time in the country, the opposition has turned into an Avrodh Paksh rather than Virodh Paksh. In their frustration, these people are standing as obstacles in the way of the country’s development.
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This is not opposition; this is obstruction,” he added.In a veiled reference to Rahul’s foreign trips, he said, “Due to the frustration of more than a decade, these people have now come out in the open. Who is secretly meeting whom abroad? Whom are the anti-India forces supporting? Who is speaking the language of India’s enemies? We will have to recognise all these patterns.”