NC Digest: Supreme Court Admonishes Modi Govt For Sitting Over Rs. 77000 Crore, Rahul Dubs PM Speech ‘Weak’, Sonia Calls It ‘Old Rhetoric’ And More

•  Rahul Gandhi Says PM Modi Instils ‘Fear, Hate And Anger’

A day after he stunned everyone in Parliament with his intense speech, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took to Twitter and underlined that Prime Minister Narendra Modi uses “hate, fear and anger” to build his narrative.

He said: “The point of yesterday’s debate in Parliament. PM uses Hate, Fear and Anger in the hearts of some of our people to build his narrative. We are going to prove that Love and Compassion in the hearts of all Indians, is the only way to build a nation.” Read more here.

• A Journalist Explains In One Thread Why The Government’s Explanations On Rafale Don’t Make Sense

Journalist Sushant Singh explained on Saturday in a Twitter thread why the Narendra Modi government can’t hide the price details related to Rafale deal by simply making the excuse of a secret clause. The controversy began in February this year when Nirmala Sitharaman refused to reveal the cost per Rafale aircraft. Read more here.

• Failing Fortunes Of The BJP: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan Attacks Digvijaya Over Poor Power Supply. Next Moment, His Speech Gets Interrupted Due To Power Cut.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan was left red-faced on Thursday when a sudden power cut interrupted his speech while he was attacking former chief minister Digvijaya Singh in Satna, Bhopal. Ironically, Chauhan was taking a dig at the Congress party leader for his inability to provide sustained electricity in the state during his rule in the state when the outage happened, reported News18. The audience burst into laughter. Read more here.

• 10 Tweets Tell You Why Modi’s Speech Was Dull, Boring And A Flop Prime Time Show

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address in Parliament was broadcast as a prime time show at every news channel on Friday. However, the speech was boring, sprinkled with jargons, lacking substance and the prime minister even stooped down to a low level imitating the accent of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Read more here.

• Order Penalising Kanhaiya Illegal, Says Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court today termed “illegal, irrational and unsustainable” an order of JNU’s appellate authority holding its former students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar guilty of indiscipline and imposing a penalty on him in connection with a 2016 incident in which alleged anti-India slogans were raised at an event. Justice Siddharth Mridul set aside the July 4 office order of the varsity and said the court was of the prima-facie view that the decision was “unsustainable on innumerable counts”, after which the counsel for the varsity submitted that they are recalling the decision. Read more here.

• Rahul Dubs PM Speech ‘Weak’, Sonia Calls It ‘Old Rhetoric’

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Lok Sabha “weak”, while former party chief Sonia Gandhi dubbed it as “old rhetoric”. Modi, in his speech, had said the Congress party had misused the no-confidence motions to spread instability in the country to ensure that the Gandhi family remains in power. Read more here.

• PM Repeated ‘Jumlas’, Read Out ‘Some Fudged Data’ In His Reply: CPI(M)

The CPI(M) today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for repeating the “jumlas” and reading out “some fudged data” in his reply to the discussion on the no-trust motion against the government in the Lok Sabha. Reacting to the prime minister’s reply, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said the people of the country would defeat the polarisation in the country. Read more here.

• Woman Raped In Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli District; Act Filmed

A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a man in a forest area in a village in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, a police official said today. The crime in Goharpur village on Thursday was filmed by two of his friends, Adarsh Mandi police station SHO Rajkumar Sharma said. The three persons have been absconding, Sharma said. Read more here.

• Supreme Court Admonishes Modi Govt For Sitting Over Rs. 77000 Crore

The Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for “sitting” over funds of a whopping Rs 77,000 crore meant for protection of the environment and asked it to inform “for the sake of the country” as to where this money would be spent. A bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that if these funds were used in a proper manner, Delhi would not have been facing the problem of air pollution. Read more here.