Kurukshetra: On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi justified his ‘Corrupt No 1’ remark over former PM Rajiv Gandhi, which has earned him the opposition’s ire, and said that if Congress could “question the present Prime Minister”, why was he not allowed to question the ex-Prime Minister. Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Times Now that Congress president Rahul Gandhi cannot simply “malign his image and get away.” 

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PM Modi said that he had called former PM Rajiv Gandhi “Bhrashtachari no.1” in response to Rahul’s statement in a magazine interview where he claimed that he would “rip apart” PM Modi’s “clean image.” PM Modi further said, “Shouldn't Congress answer on Bofors scam? Shouldn’t the party answer on Bhopal Gas Tragedy? Shouldn't Congress answer on 1984 riots?”

Prime Minister Modi also refused to comment on Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s recent jibe at him, in which she had equated him to the evil mythological character Duryodhan. He said that he would respond to the swipe “with silence.” 

PM Modi also took a jibe at the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor praising Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for hailing historical leader Tipu Sultan. “Congress accepts Pakistan PM, not Indian PM,” PM Modi quipped. 

Expressing confidence in Bhartiya Janta Party’s victory in the 2019 elections, PM Modi said, “There is a pro-incumbency wave in the nation for the first time. The mood of the people is in favor of BJP,” he said. He asserted that the BJP would win an “absolute majority” in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and would form the next government along with its NDA allies.

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