00:00Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now launched a sharp attack on the opposition,
00:04accusing some leaders of treating the Constitution and democracy as their personal property.
00:11Speaking at the India Today Group's Bharat Agriculture Conference 2026,
00:15Prime Minister Modi has said that some leaders may be out of power but remain intoxicated by it,
00:22believing the Constitution and the country's democratic institutions are in their pocket.
00:26Taking an apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi and the Congress,
00:31Prime Minister also has reached back to his tenure as the Gujarat Chief Minister.
00:36He recalled how Gujarat was ranked number one in certain media-led state rankings
00:41and alleged that the then-Congress-led government tried to prevent the state from retaining the top position.
00:49Prime Minister Modi has also alleged that earlier government at the centre had pressured researchers
00:54to also seek its approval before publishing reports after Gujarat secured the top position
01:00in an economic performance ranking during his tenure as the Chief Minister.
01:04Prime Minister Modi has recalled how the episode where,
01:07taking a swipe at opposition over their remarks on democracy and constitutional values,
01:13he then recalled how Gujarat had topped an economic performance ranking when he was the state's Chief Minister.
01:19He said the ranking was conducted by an organisation named after former Prime Minister
01:24and was based on a research by some of the country's leading economists.
01:29In fact, Prime Minister did not name the organisation or the former Prime Minister,
01:34saying the hint was enough for people to identify it.
01:38In an interview in 2015 with India Today,
01:42former economist Bibek Debroy had alleged political interference at Sonia Gandhi's assistance.
01:48He recalled how 2004 study ranked Gujarat No. 1 in economic freedom.
01:53Following the 2005 Gujarat municipal polls,
01:56he also claimed DRG ICS publications were ordered to undergo political wetting.
02:02Also, Debroy had said the order was signed by Sonia Gandhi.
02:08competitors against Saaketa Gandhi.
02:10There are some normal zij passionate people,
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02:28working with the N boredom,
02:29And I know this times,
02:34some years ago,
02:35there are some of the nations people getting over their country,
02:35there are all kinds of people,
02:35खमिधान देश का लोगतंतो तो उनकी जीब में है उसरकार में न रहते हुए भी ये सत्ता का अलग ही
02:48नशा है उनको
02:49। लेकिन जब ये लोग खुद सत्ता में थे, तो उनके कारणा में कैसे थे, मैं इसके लिए आपको एक
03:03छोटा सा किस्टा सुनाता हूँ.
03:08सात्यों आपको याद होगा, एक जमाने में आप मेडिया के लोग बेश परफॉर्म करने वाले राज्यों की रेंकिंग करते थे.
03:23ऐसा ही एकोनामी से जुड़ी एक रेंकिंग में गुजरात नंबर वन आया, और तम मैं गुजरात का मुख्य मंत्री था,
03:36और जिस संस्था ने गुजरात को नंबर वन रेंकिंग दी थी, उसका नाम देश के पूर्व प्रधान मंत्री के नाम
03:47पर था.
03:50इतना ही हिंट काफी है, बाकि आप नाम तो खोजी लेंगे।
04:18गुजरात का सम्मान रास नहीं आया, और उन्होंने रिसर्च करने वालों को बाकाइदा आदेश दिया कि ऐसे नहीं चलेगा.
04:33अब कोई भी रिपोर्ट चापने से पहले हम से मंजुरी लेनी होगी.
04:42साथियों, तब ये हालत थी.
04:46और आज बही लोग शहिष्णूता और लोग तंत्र को लेकर ज्ञान देते पिरते हैं.
04:58In fact, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Wadra has now hit back at Prime Minister Modi's constitution in Pocket Jai.
05:05Priyanka Gandhi has said that anybody who had anything to say to express themselves were put down and shut.
05:13Priyanka Gandhi further says that the Congress was fighting for the constitution and its values.
05:18She's also alleged that the institutions in the country were being systematically destroyed by the BJP.
05:25Prime Minister Narendra Modi is saying some opposition leaders are acting like Samveedan and democracy in their pocket.
05:33Sorry?
05:34In their pocket. They are acting like that.
05:37Well, to my mind, it's been pretty clear to the public that that is exactly how he's acting.
05:45Because anybody who has anything to say to express themselves is put down and shut down and we've seen that
05:50in the last few months.
05:52We are fighting for the constitution.
05:54We are fighting for the values of the constitution.
