Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday (5 February 2026). Targeting the Congress, PM Modi said that the opposition party is not able to digest the continuous election defeats. He said that despite having deep hatred towards him, Congress will never be able to dig his grave because the blessings of crores of Indians are his armor.
The Prime Minister expressed regret over the disruption caused by the opposition party in the Lok Sabha and said that this is not only an insult to a tribal and a woman President, but also an insult to her highest constitutional post and the Constitution of India. PM Modi said that he has no right to talk about the Constitution.
PM Modi mentioned infiltrators
He also condemned Rahul Gandhi’s ‘traitor’ comment on Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu and called it an insult to the entire Sikh community. PM Modi said that this shows Congress’s hatred towards Sikhs. He said that insulting people is part of the Congress culture.
The Prime Minister launched a scathing attack on Trinamool Congress and other opposition parties, accusing them of giving protection to infiltrators. Rajya Sabha passed the motion of thanks by voice vote in the absence of opposition members. The opposition members walked out of the House shortly after the Prime Minister’s speech began.
They also raised slogans while trying to disrupt the Prime Minister’s speech. In his 97-minute speech, PM Modi fiercely attacked the Congress and said that it had failed to provide any vision for the development of the country and was only serving the interests of the ‘royal family’ to fill its coffers.
Congress stole Mahatma Gandhi’s surname: PM Modi
He accused the first family of Congress of ‘stealing’ Mahatma Gandhi’s surname. The Prime Minister alleged that Congress was showing deep hatred towards him by raising slogans like ‘Modi will dig your grave’. He said that despite such sloganeering, his public welfare measures will continue. He said that Congress is wishing death for him because it has no other option left. He said, ‘No matter how many slogans you raise, you will not be able to dig the grave.’ He said that the blessings of crores of people, mothers and sisters are his armor.
Rahul Gandhi’s reply to PM
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi posted on Instagram and said, ‘So much nervousness just because of questions? Modi ji was so afraid of the truth that he took refuge in lies. Well, I did whatever I thought was right.
So nervous just because of the questions?
Modi ji is so afraid of the truth,
Took refuge in lies.Well, I did whatever I thought was right.
—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 5, 2026
What did PM say by mentioning Nehru-Indira?
PM Modi said, ‘I want to tell you one thing, before I was born, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had imagined of building a dam on the Narmada river. The matter is settled, Sardar Saheb is no more. Nehru laid the foundation stone, but I inaugurated it when I became the Prime Minister… This is their (Congress) condition.
The Prime Minister said, ‘Indira Gandhi’s father (Jawaharlal Nehru) was the father of the Planning Commission which she was tearing apart. Till 2014, everyone was looking at the Planning Commission, but no one was talking about improving it. The way Congress had made the Planning Commission a functioning system of stalling, delaying and diverting, when we got the opportunity in 2014, we came and worked and abolished the Planning Commission and created NITI Aayog.
Opposition abuses daily: PM Modi
PM Modi said that the opposition abuses him daily because they are not able to digest how a poor man like him has occupied the highest post and is still holding the post. He said that Congress and other opposition parties want to dig his grave because he removed Article 370, ended violence and terrorism in the North-East, took action against Naxalism and conducted Operation Sindoor.
He said, ‘On one hand I am trying to prepare new paths for the youth of the country. At the same time, Congress is organizing a program to dig the grave of PM Modi. Is this not an insult to the Constitution? Is this not an insult to humanity? Is this not an insult to the dignity of public life? But he has no regrets about it.
‘Why do you want to dig the PM’s grave?’
He said that since he came to power in 2014, there has not been a single session of Parliament when Modi was not abused. The PM said, ‘If someone had asked me about the secret of my health, he would have replied that I eat two kilos of abuse every day.’ Prime Minister Modi asked, ‘Why do you want to dig Modi’s grave? This is not just a slogan. This is a reflection of the hatred hidden within them.
He said, ‘We respond to Pakistani terrorists by entering their homes, that is why they are talking about digging Modi’s grave. We launched Operation Sindoor. This troubles them and that is why they are thinking of digging Modi’s grave. We are taking bold steps to free the country from Maoist terror, is that why you want to dig Modi’s grave?
The Prime Minister said, ‘Congress’s problem is something else. They are not able to digest how Modi reached here. His problem is increasing that when he has reached this position, why is he still holding on? That’s why it seems they have no option left other than digging Modi’s grave. He said, ‘The country gave opportunities to the royal family of Congress for decades, but they only raised slogans of poverty alleviation and did nothing.
140 crore citizens are my remote control: PM Modi
The Prime Minister said, ‘His government brought 25 crore poor families out of poverty, provided electricity to 18,000 villages where there was never electricity. Is that why they want to dig Modi’s grave? His (Congress) government was run by remote. My government also runs through remote control. 140 crore citizens are my remote control. Dreams of 140 crore countrymen, aspirations of 140 crore countrymen. We live for the resolve of the youth of the country. Government is for them. Power is not the path to happiness for us. Power is a means of service for us.
