The President of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, Syed Arshad Madani sparked controversy on Sunday when he asked people to worship only 'Om' and 'Allah' and "nobody else".
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi countered the opposition's allegations over the Adani stock crash in Parliament, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday said that the PM's speech was as if he was speaking at a 'Paan Tapri' (paan shop).
Congress President termed the Prime Minister's speech in both Houses of Parliament as an everyday speech and said that the government is arrogant and is not answering important questions like inflation, unemployment or those posed on the Adani row.
Replying to the debate in Rajya Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's address, PM Modi targeted Congress leaders who accuse the government of trying to obliterate the significance of the work done by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the Rajya Sabha in reply to the President's Address and took potshots at the Congress party asking why "people from their generation don't keep Nehru as their surname".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday turned emotional while listing the welfare schemes for women during his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla pertaining to the matter where a portion of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's speech in the lower house was expunged "making the whole speech unintelligible".
Opposition leaders expressed disappointment over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply to the debate on the motion of thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha and said he "did not talk about the main issue" raised by them
"Expunging of words should be done after considering all rules. We've also studied the rules as to what words they can't expunge," Kharge told reporters on expunging some remarks made by Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who addressed the Rajya Sabha amid constant sloganeering by the opposition on Thursday, said that he is "proving too much for so many" and has been overpowering their voices during the course of his address.
PM Modi also took potshots at Nehru-Gandhi family over several schemes and places named after their members and asked "why people from their generation don't keep Nehru as their surname"
On Wednesday, during his speech in the Lok Sabha PM Modi made a special reference to Jammu and Kashmir, where, he said that the cinema halls are running house full after a very long time due to improved security situation in the Union territory.