- Tuesday, April 22, 2025
The opposition Indian National Congress faced defeat in three key Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
By: Shubham Ghosh
DAYS after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept three key states in India’s Hindi heartland, prime minister Narendra Modi took a sharp dig at the opposition forces on Tuesday (5) saying while they were happy with their “arrogance, lies, pessimism and ignorance”, their would have to be remain prepared for many “meltdowns” ahead.
Responding to a clip from an Indian news channel that was running a show on the latest elections headlined ‘A Meltdown For The Ages’, Modi said, “May they be happy with their arrogance, lies, pessimism and ignorance. But..
⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Beware of their divisive agenda. An old habit of 70 years can’t go away so easily. ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️
Also, such is the wisdom of the people that they have to be prepared for many more meltdowns ahead. ?????”
May they be happy with their arrogance, lies, pessimism and ignorance. But..
⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Beware of their divisive agenda. An old habit of 70 years can’t go away so easily. ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️
Also, such is the wisdom of the people that they have to be prepared for many more meltdowns… https://t.co/N3jc3eSgMB
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 5, 2023
In the clip, news anchor Shiv Aroor was seen commenting on the supposed meltdown of unnamed “anti-BJP forces” following the opposition Indian National Congress’s defeat in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh — two of which were under its rule. The only consolation for the Congress was in Telangana where it defeated the regional Bharat Rashtra Samithi that had once spearheaded its statehood movement.
On Monday (4), Modi advised the opposition not to get upset over the results of the assembly elections inside the parliament and leave the “negativity” behind, saying that might help them by changing people’s perception towards them.
The Congress has lost the majority of elections since Modi became the prime minister in 2014, including two national ones.
“The country has rejected negativity. We always have dialogue with opposition friends at the start of session, we always seek cooperation of everyone. This time also all such processes have been completed,” Modi added.
The prime minister urged all members of the parliament to come well prepared and have thorough discussion on bills so that good suggestions come out.
Modi urged all members to come well-prepared and hold thorough discussions on bills so that good suggestions come to the fore.
“If I speak on basis of the assembly poll results, this is a golden opportunity for friends in opposition. Instead of making plans for venting frustration over defeat, they should learn from this defeat, leaving behind the habit of negativity of the last nine years, if they move forward with positivity this session, the country will change its perspective towards them. A new door could open for them,” he said.
“They are in the opposition but still I am giving them good advice,” the prime minister added.
Modi’s government convened a special session of the parliament in September and one of its major highlights was passing a legislation with near unanimity to provide one-third reservation to women in both the Lower House of the parliament and the state assemblies.
