Congress on Friday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 71st birthday but said the country is paying the price for his “failures” on several fronts and so the day is being observed as “unemployment day”, “anti-farmer day” and “high prices day”.
The party reminded that birthdays of former prime ministers are celebrated as different days, with Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday as “Children’s Day”, Indira Gandhi’s as “National Integration Day”, Rajiv Gandhi’s as “Sadbhavna Diwas” and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s as “Good Governance Day” but Modi’s birthday is being observed as “unemployment day”.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi extended his wishes to the prime minister on Twitter. “Happy Birthday, Modi ji,” said Rahul.For the Indian Youth Congress and the NSUI, it was “national unemployment day”.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said she prays that God gives the prime minister the wisdom to realise what he has led the country to.
“It is the prime minister’s birthday and from this platform, we wish him a happy birthday. We pray for his well being, but we do believe that this day is being celebrated in many parts of the country as unemployment day, anti-farmer day, high prices day, crippled economy day, as winning over your crony capitalists friends day, as ED, IT, CBI raid day, and the corona mismanagement day,” Shrinate said at AICC Press conference.