Top 10 Quotes From PM Narendra Modi Speech in Parliament Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at the Congress for not just bifurcating the states but partitioning the county as well. Here are some notable quotes from the PM's reply to the President's Motion of Thanks Address in Parliament.

"This is the same party that partitioned India. For decades, one party devoted all their energies to serve one family. The interests of the nation were overlooked for the interests of this one family."

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"You divided India. Even after 70 years of Independence, 125 crore people of India continue to suffer because of the poison you sowed. Not a single day passes without people of India being punished for your sins."

"I know the Government's efforts to eliminate corruption & black money are hurting a select group of people. Today, people who served as Chief Ministers are in jail. In this age, no matter how powerful one is, one is bound to one's sins"

"When our Government took office in 2014, the chorus from the opposition unanimously said, Modi will scrap UIDAI but when we made Aadhaar more effective, the opposition protested against Aadhaar"

"Atal ji ne kaha hai, chhote Mann se koi bada nahi hota aur toote Mann se koi khada nahi hota'. The truth is that you have never worked with a large heart"

"Previous Governments are responsible for the NPA mess. They alone are responsible. I stand in Parliament, a temple of democracy, and say on record that the entire failure and problems of India's NPAs are because of you"

"Please look at our history where there are many examples of rich democratic traditions that date back centuries ago to the time of the Buddha"

"We cannot forget how the Congress insulted Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, a proud son of Andhra Pradesh. They humiliated him. Nobody in India needs lessons on democracy from the Congress Party"

"I know it hurts you to hear all this. But the people of this nation have already given you a bitter pill to swallow a few years ago. Perhaps you are yet to come to terms with it"

"Out of 15 Congress committees, 12 chose Vallabhbhai Patel, 3 chose not to take any sides, and still, Vallabhbhai Patel was not allowed to lead the country. What sort of democracy was that? If Sardar Patel had become the prime minister, today a part of our beloved Kashmir would not have been under Pakistani occupation."