New Delhi, April 11: The Congress, on Tuesday, termed the fast undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a ‘farce’. The Prime Minister announced that he would be fasting on Thursday in protest against the disruption of the Parliament’s budget session by the opposition. The Prime Minister along with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Members of Parliament (MPs) would observe a day-long fast. The Congress said that the prime minister should instead apologise to the youth, Dalits and other sections of the society, who were allegedly let down by his government.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala blamed BJP-led central government for the washout of the parliament’s budget session. While Interacting with media in New Delhi Surjewala said, “This is a farce of a fast by the Modi government. The BJP should apologise to the nation and hold a fast for disrupting Parliament for over 250 hours. The Lok Sabha, where the BJP has a majority, functioned for only one percent of its time and the Rajya Sabha functioned for six percent of its time."

The Congress Spokesperson further added, “They have disrespected and denigrated the highest temple of democracy. So, the Prime Minister should publicly say he is sorry and that's why he is holding this fast to tender an apology to various sections of India's population.” The congress also demands apology from the BJP from the CBSE paper leak and SSC scam. Surjewal said, “The Prime Minister should hold a fast to apologise to the country for the 13 banking scams, where people like chhota Modi that is Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi ran away with over Rs 61,000 crore.”

He added that the BJP should also apologise to the country for not revealing the details of the Rafale deal and thereby, compromising on issues of national security. Talking about the Rafale Deal Surjewal blamed the centre government for compromising with the national security. He said that government should apologise for not disclosing the details of the deal.

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