Opposition criticizes PM Narendra Modi's jibe at '40-year-old child' in reference to dyslexia
Opposition criticizes PM Narendra Modi's jibe at '40-year-old child' in reference to dyslexia
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New Delhi:Opposition on Monday criticised PM Narendra Modi for his remark regarding dyslexia calling them 'insensitive'. Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the PM's 'insensitivity cannot be washed away by dipping in any river'.

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Siddaramaiah took to Twitter and wrote, "Just came across a video of our @narendramodi taking political potshots using the name of dyslexic people. Shame on you Modi!! You just can't go below this. Your insensitivity can't be washed away by dipping in any river. They may be slow in learning but not heartless like you,"

The comment of the Siddaramaiah came after the PM Modi's remark over dyslexia. During a video conference on Smart India Hackathon' on Saturday, in response to an engineering student's reference to a program that could help dyslexic students, PM Modi asked, if the same could 'also help a 40-50-year-old child'. "We have an idea to help dyslexic children, whose pace of learning and writing is very slow. But they have a high intelligence and creativity level as you have seen in the movie Taare Zameen Par..," the engineering student had said during the event.

In response, PM said, "Will this program work for a 40-50-year-old child too? Then that will make the mothers of such children very happy." PM's comments were viewed as being indirectly aimed at Congress president Rahul Gandhi and drew laughter from the audience. 

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Preeti Sharma Menon, national executive member of Aam Aadmi Party also criticized PM and wrote, “God! When we thought @narendramodi c(oul)d not go any lower, he still manages to stoop. As a parent, I do not want my kid to listen to a speaker who'd use dyslexia as a slur and here our Prime Minister uses dyslexia to insult @RahulGandhi. This is wrong on so many levels!!!.”

 

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