Using words that no PM in India's history used for oppn: Priyanka slams Modi over 'mujra' remark
New Delhi (PTI): Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "mujra" barb, the Congress on Saturday said he is using words that no other prime minister in the country's history used for opposition leaders and urged him to maintain the dignity of his post.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said indications are there that Prime Minister Modi is rattled. It is evident from the manner in which he is speaking as was seen in Bihar, Kharge added.
"He is saying let them do 'mujra'...this is not how a PM (should talk). He should be talking in a statesman-like manner. He is inciting people and talking of Hindu-Muslim," Kharge said at a press conference in Shimla.
Tagging his remarks at the presser, Kharge, in a post in Hindi on X, said, "'M' reminds Modi ji of...'M' reminds him of 'mutton', 'M' reminds him of 'machli', 'M' reminds him of 'Mughal', 'M' reminds him of 'Mangalsutra', 'M' reminds him of 'mujra'. But 'M' does not remind him of 'maryada (dignity)', which should be there for the post of prime minister."
Hitting out at Modi over his remarks, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in a post in Hindi on X, said, "The dignity of the prime minister's language and the seats of the BJP are both continuously falling."
The opposition party's attack came after Modi vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward classes of reservation by the INDIA bloc, which he accused of "enslavement" and performing "mujra" for its Muslim vote bank.
"Bihar is the land that has given a new direction to the fight for social justice. I wish to declare on its soil that I will foil the plans of the INDIA bloc to rob the SCs, STs and OBC of their rights and divert those to Muslims. They may remain enslaved and perform 'mujra' to please their vote bank," the prime minister said, addressing a poll rally in Bihar.
Addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "Have you heard the prime minister's speech in Bihar? He has used words that no other prime minister in the history of the country used for opposition leaders."
She said the entire country respects the post of prime minister and it is his responsibility to maintain the dignity of the post.
The prime minister has become nervous and has forgotten he is a representative of the country and of people, and such words should not have been spoken by him, Priyanka Gandhi said in Gorakhpur.
Reacting to Modi's remarks, Congress's media and publicity department head Pawan Khera, in a video statement, said, "Using such words is not befitting of the person sitting on the post of the prime minister."
In a post on X along with the video statement, Khera said, "Today, heard the word 'mujra' from the Prime Minister's mouth. Modiji, what is this? Why don't you take something?"
"... Perhaps campaigning in the sun has affected the mind too much," he said.
In his remarks, Modi also said the people of Bihar have been hurt by "insulting" remarks against migrants hailing from the state made by Congress leaders in Punjab and Telangana and DMK and TMC leaders in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal respectively. "These RJD people who keep doing 'mujra' with their lantern (RJD's poll symbol) do not have the courage to speak a word in protest," he said.
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At least 4 people killed in one of largest Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia
Kyiv, May (AP): At least four people, including three near Moscow, died in one of the largest Ukrainian overnight attacks against Russia since the start of the war, according to Russian local authorities.
A woman was killed after a drone hit her home in Khimki, a city just northwest of Moscow, and two men died in the village of Pogorelki 10 km north of the capital, according to local Gov. Andrei Vorobyev.
In social media updates, Vorobyev said Ukrainian drones had also damaged unspecified “infrastructure” and several high-rises.
In Moscow itself, at least 12 people were wounded in the nighttime strike, mostly near the entrance to the city's oil refinery, mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported. Sobyanin reported the “technology” of the refinery has not been damaged.
Russian defences shot down 81 drones headed for Moscow overnight, state agency Tass reported, citing Sobyanin, marking one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
One man was also killed as a drone struck a lorry in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, according to local authorities.
Russian air defences destroyed 556 drones over Russia overnight, the country's defence ministry said Sunday morning. Shortly after midday local time, it reported that over 1,000 had been shot down or jammed in the previous 24 hours.
Russia's largest airport — Moscow's Sheremetyevo — said drone debris had fallen on its premises without causing damage.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 287 drones overnight on Sunday, 279 of which were shot down or jammed, the Ukrainian air force reported.
According to Ukraine's estate emergency service, the strikes injured 8 people in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region: three in the regional capital of Dnipro, four in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, and one in the district of Synelkove.
Residential buildings were damaged in all three locations, the service said.
