"Would have been better if PM Modi talked about paper leak in Mann Ki Baat": SP leader Ashutosh Verma

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Samajwadi Party spokesperson Ashutosh Verma took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'Mann Ki Baat' and said that PM Modi should have also talked about the paper leak issue and unemployment.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke about the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign launched on World Environment Day, appealing to the citizens and people worldwide to join the tree plantation initiative with their mother to celebrate both motherhood and the environment.
"Tomorrow (July 1) on the birthday of SP National President Akhilesh Yadav, we will plant trees in large numbers and the Prime Minister has talked about planting trees in the name of Mother, that is a good step but we are already going to plant trees in crores. The Prime Minister has talked about mother for the first time in his third term but it would be better if he talked about issues like paper leaks and unemployment of youth," Verma said.
He further also congratulated the Indian cricket team on their historic victory against South Africa.
The Men in Blue won the T20 World Cup 2024 after beating South Africa by seven runs in Barbados.
Virat secured the 'Player of the Match' for his performance. Now, by securing their first ICC title since the Champions Trophy in 2013, India has ended their ICC trophy drought.
While addressing the nation in his 111th episode of the 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on Sunday PM Modi said that with the thought of doing something for our Mother, the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign was launched across the country on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5 which is progressing rapidly.
"If I ask you which is the most precious relationship in the world, you will definitely say - 'Mother'. In all our lives, the status of 'mother' is the highest. A mother nurtures her child despite facing every pain. Every mother shows affection for her child. This love of the mother who gave birth to us is like a debt on all of us which no one can repay. We cannot give anything to Mother, but can we do anything else? With this thought in mind, a special campaign has been started on World Environment Day this year, the name of this campaign is - 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam'. I have also planted a tree in the name of my mother," he said.
"I have appealed to all my countrymen, people of all the countries of the world to plant a tree along with their mother or in her name. I am very happy to see that the campaign of planting trees in the memory or honour of Mother is progressing rapidly," the Prime Minister added. (ANI)