Modi should stop dramatising poverty: Congress
New Delhi, July 31 : The Congress continued to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speeches in Lucknow last week, saying he should "stop dramatising" poverty.
Congress leader Anand Sharma told reporters here that speaking was part of Modi's DNA and if he does not give speeches, "it probably can affect his health".
Noting Modi shapes his address according the composition of audience, he said: "The Prime Minister should stop this drama of poverty. He should not play with sentiments of the poor. He cheated people with these sentiments in 2014 elections. Now it is time to give account of his performance." Sharma said.
He said Indian's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was from an affluent background but he left everything and adopted khadi, while Modi was the first prime minister who wears "such good clothes" and changes his dress often.
Sharma said former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was from a humble background but never mentioned about the poverty he faced while occupying the high post, while all the others from Indira Gandhi to Manmohan Singh life with simplicity.
Modi had said in a speech on Saturday in Lucknow that poverty had given him honesty and courage.
Sharma also referred to Modi's remarks in Lucknow that he was not was "not afraid of" publicly standing beside industrialists because his intentions were "noble" and accused him of making baseless allegations against the Congress, which has never insulted the captains of Indian industry nor used abusive words.
"He (Modi) should talk responsibly. Congress Party has always encouraged industrialization, investment, capital formation and redistribution of the capital for the common good. That has been the governing philosophy and the ideology of the Congress and the successive governments and that is why this country had seen unprecedented growth during our time," he said.
He also said Modi should answer how BJP became "the richest political party in the world in four years".
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
