On black dress protest PM Modi tears into Congress with black magic jibe

India

oi-Prakash KL

New Delhi, Aug 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took dig at Congress’ recent protest in black clothes, saying there was an attempt to “propagate black magic” in the Parliament.

“Some people are resorting to black magic as they are immersed in despair and negativity. We saw on 5th August that there was an attempt to propagate black magic. These people think that by wearing black clothes, their period of despair will end,” ANI quoted PM Modi in a tweet.

He added, “But, these people are unaware that no matter how much ever they do black magic and believe in superstitions, people will never trust them back.”

Wearing black clothes, Congress MPs, including former party chief Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest in the Parliament House complex on Friday and took out a march towards the Rashtrapati Bhawan as part of their nationwide stir against price rise, the GST hike on essential items and unemployment.

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The protesting MPs of the Opposition party raised slogans against the government demanding that the GST hike on essential items be withdrawn, with party chief Sonia Gandhi standing with the women MPs of the party holding a banner outside gate number 1 of Parliament.