PM Modi cites ‘East India company’, Popular Front of India to hit back at Opposition alliance ‘INDIA’
The Hindu
At BJP Parliamentary party meet, PM Modi jibes at I.N.D.I.A., citing East India Co. & PFI, asserting people can't be misled by country's name. Confident BJP will come to power in 2024 polls, PM Modi says.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, took a jibe at the opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A. (Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance.) citing reviled names like East India Company and Popular Front of India to assert that people cannot be misled merely by the use of the country's name.
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In his address to the BJP parliamentary party, Mr. Modi said the opposition is frustrated and disappointed and its conduct shows that it has made up its mind to remain in the opposition, sources quoting him said.
Mr. Modi expressed confidence that the BJP will come to power after the 2024 polls with people's support, asserting that India will become the third largest economy in his government's next tenure.
With opposition parties rallying around the name of their 'INDIA', Mr. Modi hit back at them saying it is just an attempt to mislead people, sources said.
The Prime Minister took names of several organisations with the name of 'India' to make the point that merely having such a term in their nomenclature does not change anything, sources said.
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Governor S. Abdul Nazeer has invited the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which is part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), to form the government in the State. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Kesarapalle near here on June 12 (Wednesday). Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of national leaders will take part in the event
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