‘Congress tried to make their Yuvraj startup, but he is non-starter’: PM Modi's top quotes in Rajya Sabha today

PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress and blamed the grand old party for creating a north-south divide in India during his speech in the Upper House of Parliament.

"Mallikarjun Kharge ji spoke in Rajya Sabha for a long time and I was thinking about how he got the chance to speak for a long time and then I realised that two special commanders were not there so he took advantage of it and I think that Kharge ji must have heard that song 'Aisa mauka phir kaha milega," said PM Modi replying toon President's address in Rajya Sabha.

Continuing his attack on the grand old party, PM Modi said that policy paralysis became an identity of the UPA government and accused the Gandhi family of continuing with the ‘slave mentality’.

‘If was not influenced by the British, why was there a lal-batti culture for VVIPS? Congress ceased large chunks of the country's land to the enemy but is now giving sermons to us on internal security," he said.

Recalling former prime minister 's stance on the reservation of SC, ST, and OBC, PM Modi on Wednesday said Pandit Nehru wrote a letter to the chief ministers and expressed his opposition to reservation of any kind.

"I dislike any kind of reservation, more particularly in services. I am strongly against anything which leads to inefficiency and second-rate standards..," PM Modi quoted Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "They have made a start-up for their 'Yuvraj'. But he is a non-starter, he neither lifts nor launches."

Remembering BR Ambedkar, PM Modi said that he got the Bharat Ratna award only after the BJP came into power at the Centre.

“The Congress which never gave