{"id":302429,"date":"2018-09-09T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=302429"},"modified":"2018-09-09T17:30:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T17:30:15","slug":"pm-modi-slams-opposition-sets-the-tone-for-2019-lok-sabha-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-slams-opposition-sets-the-tone-for-2019-lok-sabha-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi slams opposition, sets the tone for 2019 Lok Sabha elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-slams-opposition-sets-the-tone-for-2019-lok-sabha-elections\/modi-meeting\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-302430\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-302430 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/modi-meeting-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-meeting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-meeting-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-meeting-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-meeting-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-meeting-696x523.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-meeting-559x420.jpg 559w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/modi-meeting.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a>Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address on the concluding day of BJP&#8217;s two-day national executive meeting on Sunday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi and said that many leaders within the Congress are not ready to accept his leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Without naming Rahul Gandhi, PM said &#8220;No one is ready to accept the leadership of Congress. Many think it is not capable of giving leadership.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, while giving a brief about the points made by the Prime Minister, said, &#8220;The political resolution blends the essence of economic resolution. This time focus was on political resolution and the NRC.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">While slamming the\u00a0Congress for spreading &#8220;lies and falsehood&#8221;, PM also questioned the idea of &#8220;mahagathbandhan&#8221; and said those who cannot see eye to eye, have no political or logical understanding of working with each other are thinking of &#8216;mahagathbandhan&#8217;. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM also said that the &#8216;mahagathbandhan&#8217; is a clueless leadership formation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Accusing the Congress of spreading lies, PM said &#8220;those who are asking us questions should also answer on work done during 48 years of the family (Nehru-Gandhi) and 48 months of our BJP government. When comparison is made, we will also ask questions regarding on who the family worked for, with what consideration and objectives.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile PM Modi gave two new slogans to the BJP cadres-&#8216;Ajaye Bharat&#8217; and &#8216;Atal Bharat&#8217; saying that he saw no challenge to the party from anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address on the concluding day of BJP&#8217;s two-day national executive meeting on Sunday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi and said that many leaders within the Congress are not ready to accept his leadership. Without naming Rahul Gandhi, PM said &#8220;No one is ready to accept the leadership of Congress. 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