Narendra Modi mocks Sonia Gandhi with ‘widow’ comment, Congress calls it ‘PM’s new low’ 

Narendra Modi.

While addressing the election rally in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ridiculed the Widow Pension Scheme of the Congress by making an oblique remark against Sonia Gandhi – the former Congress president and widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi – while accusing the Congress of embezzling funds.

Modi said, “Now I’ll tell you why this dynast is worried, why Congress leaders have lost their sleep. The reason is that Modi is taking steps and their shops are shutting down one by one. This is the cause of their worry. You can imagine, the kind of government the Congress ran, that a daughter who was not even born became a widow on paper under the Congress government, and her widow pension also started. Who was that widow who used to take away this money? Who was that Congress’s widow in whose account this money used to go?”

The remark has drawn criticism from many, including the Congress, commentators, common people and columnists over social media.

Congress leaders has slammed the prime minister by calling his comment as “new low”.

Archana Sharma, Rajasthan in charge of Congress’s communications team, said, “It is unbecoming of the prime minister. He only considers political benefits and misleads people … That is why the people of the state are not re-electing the BJP this time.”

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has hit back at the prime minister by tweeting: “New low by @narendramodi. His insensitive comments on opposition leaders are a blot on the chair of PM. There are many things that he has to learn from Mr. Manmohan Singh. He has insulted the whole women fraternity in his urge to target opposition.”

New low by @narendramodi. His insensitive comments on opposition leaders are a blot on the chair of PM. There are many things that he has to learn from Mr. Manmohan Singh. He has insulted the whole women fraternity in his urge to target opposition.https://t.co/4rQm645URq

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 8, 2018

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