Poverty, illiteracy are Manmohan's legacy: PM Modi
Reacting to former PM Manmohan Singh's remark that 50% Indians are too poor and illiterate to use technology, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday asked, "Is this his report card or mine? Whose legacy am I dealing with?" Modi further asked, "Where did this 50% poverty and illiteracy come from? Did I use some black magic to turn literates into illiterates?"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit back at senior Congress leaders who had questioned the intention and success of the Centre's demonetisation initiative.Speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Mahamana Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre in Varanasi, Narendra Modi took on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram for doubting the note ban move.The three leaders have been speaking against the demonetisation step ever since it was announced on November 8. While Rahul has called it a scam, Manmohan sought to aggressively attack Modi on the move, calling it an "organised loot and legalised plunder" in his speech in Rajya Sabha in the recently concluded Winter Session of Parliament. He even wrote an article in a national English daily to underrate the initiative. Chidambaram too has been issuing statements in a bid to point out flaws in the demonetisation move.What Modi said on these leaders:RAHUL GANDHI  