Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the sixth Ramnath Goenka lecture on Monday evening — lashing out at the Congress for “choosing to nurture people who do not believe in the Indian Constitution”. He also reiterated allegations that the Opposition party had embedded ‘urban naxals’ within major institutions and become a warped version of its original iteration.
For the past five decades, almost every region in India had been affected by Maoists. But unfortunately, the Congress chose to nurture those who do not believe in the Indian Constitution. Congress went on to embed ‘urban naxals’ within major institutions. The urban naxal–Maoist ecosystem that had taken root in the Congress 10–15 years ago has now transformed into the ‘Muslim League Maowadi Congress (MMC)’. And today, I say with full responsibility that the MMC has sidelined national interest for its own political gain,” he alleged.
Modi also issuing a sharp warning for political leaders across the spectrum — noting that there was a major political lesson to be learnt from the Bihar Assembly election results. The National Democratic Alliance had secured a landslide victory with 202 seats during the recent contest.
“From this platform today, I want to send a message to all state governments — irrespective of ideology — the Bihar verdict makes one thing clear: the kind of government you run today will decide your political future,” he warned.