Opposition leaders on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Independence Day speech, alleging that it failed to unite and inspire people or address important issues faced by the nation. Communist Party of India General Secretary D Raja said the prime minister's speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on India's 78th Independence Day did not place any issue before the nation to unite and inspire people.
«Whatever he spoke is in line with the sinister, divisive agenda of RSS,» Raja told PTI.
«The prime minister speaks about 2047 but he failed to address the issues of plurality, and diversity of the nation. He is trying to impose uniformity on the country,» he alleged.
The CPI leader said that among other things, Prime Minister Modi did not speak on what would be done about the allegations made in the report of Hindenburg Research.
«What is he going to do with the Hindenburg allegations? All institutions are compromised, and SEBI is compromised. The Election Commission was compromised earlier. PM could not address any genuine issue that country is facing today,» he said.
National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) General Secretary and CPI leader Annie Raja also slammed the prime minister and questioned the idea of 'One Nation One Election'.
«What is 'One Nation One Election'? He is boasting about making this country an economic superpower by 2047… he should have that same confidence to say that this country can have elections at different times,» she said.
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