The Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing the victim card and said he owes an apology to the country’s youth instead of claiming to have forgiven them. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh took exception to the Prime Minister’s reported remarks in an Instagram interaction in which he said he had forgiven the youth. Mr. Ramesh described the statement as an act of supreme self-obsession and said it was an insult to the nation and to our youth.
He alleged that Mr. Modi routinely attacked his predecessors and political opponents and used Parliament and public speeches to peddle lies against them. He also accused the Prime Minister of unleashing an army of foul-mouthed abusers both in Parliament and outside and giving them full protection. The entire nation is wanting the PM to apologise for the trauma inflicted on lakhs of youth through his paper leak-ridden NTA and his Home Ministry-sanctioned brutality on student protestors, Mr. Ramesh said.
He also referred to the controversy surrounding the Ram Mandir Trust, describing it as Chanda Chori, Astha Dhoka (Donation theft, trust betrayal), and said the Prime Minister should apologise for the issue. Furthermore, Mr. Ramesh accused the government of failing to acknowledge the economic impact of the 2016 demonetisation exercise, which he alleged had destroyed livelihoods and forced the closure of lakhs of micro, small and medium enterprises. But late last night, in an act of supreme self-obsession, the PM said that he forgave our youth.
This is an insult to the nation and to our youth which has suffered under his Government and is legitimately demanding an apology from him. The Prime Minister’s InstaGram Sabhas are fooling no one, Mr. Ramesh said.
