Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "misleading" the public by distorting a letter written by Jawaharlal Nehru to the states.
Kharge, among other things, noted that PM Modi said that in 1951, when there was no elected government Nehru brought an amendment to change the Constitution. "I want to ask him why was it brought? the first amendment was ratified by the provisional Parliament which included Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. It was done to help the backward class."
"PM Modi lives in the past and not in the present. It would have been better had he listed present achievements that strengthened democracy," Kharge pointed out.
Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "number one liar", Kharge said, "It was said that Rs 15 lakh would come but nothing came... these people are misleading the country and deceiving the people by lying. The Prime Minister should have told what he has done in the last 11 years to strengthen the Constitution."
"Bhakti in religion may be a road to salvation of the soul, but in politics hero worship is road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship, and he is ready to become a dictator," Kharge said.