Parliament Speaker Mallikarjun Kharge attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech. In response to Prime Minister Modi's comment "See you next year at the Red Fort", Kharge said the PM's comments showed his "arrogance" and that he would instead raise the flag. "at home" next year.
The speaker of the National Assembly said, "He [Modi] will raise the national flag again next year. He will do it at home."
Addressing the country from Delhi's Red Fort on the last Independence Day ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Modi said he would showcase the country's achievements in his next Independence Day speech. since the Red Fort.
Prime Minister Modi said: "Next year, on August 15 also from this Red Fort, I will list the progress of the nation and confidently praise your strength, determination, and success." Responding to the Prime Minister's statement, National Assembly Leader Mallikarjun Kharge said: "Winning or losing is in the hands of the people, in the hands of the voters. Saying in 2023: “I will raise the flag again in 2024” is arrogant. "
Kharge, who was absent from Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort, also said he could not attend the prime minister's speech because he had "some eye problems".
He said: “Firstly, I have eye problems, secondly, I have to bring home the tricolor flag at 9am.
8 p.m. according to the protocols. Then I had to go to the congress office and raise the tricolor flag. So I was not able to get here (party office) in time because the security was too tight."
