Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied with a strong attack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during a session in the Lok Sabha speech, the lower house of the Indian Parliament directly elected by the people. At the closing of the inaugural session of the 18th Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister responded to the Motion of Thanks to the President's address and described Gandhi as "Balak Buddhi" (a grown man with a child's mind).

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Replying to Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha speech in Parliament, the Prime Minister accused the Congress leader of performing a "drama" in order to gain sympathy. PM Modi said, "Balak buddhi has been crying... this person hit me, that person hit me, I was hit here, I was hit there... this drama is being played to gain sympathy." He further added, "A person with a child's mind doesn't know what to say and how to behave... he (Rahul Gandhi) sometimes winks inside the Lok Sabha... the country now knows him well. The entire country is now telling him -- tumse na ho paaega (you won't be able to perform)."

On Monday, July 1, Rahul Gandhi attacked the government on various issues, including the NEET row and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's loyalty to the tenets of Hinduism. However, parts of his speech were removed from the parliamentary records by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. PM Modi also highlighted that Rahul Gandhi is out on bail in a corruption case.

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“A new drama has been started to gain sympathy but the country knows the truth that he (Rahul Gandhi) is out on bail in a case of embezzlement of thousands of crores of rupees. He has been convicted in a case of calling OBC people thieves. He had to apologize after making an irresponsible statement in the Supreme Court,” said PM Modi.

Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's act of displaying a poster of Lord Shiva in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi stated, "We will not be able to protect parliamentary democracy without taking seriously what happened yesterday. We should not ignore these acts by calling them childish, by considering them childish, we should not ignore them at all and I am saying this because the intentions behind this are not good and I also want to awaken the country."

The Prime Minister also accused the Congress of celebrating a fake victory. He talked about an incident, saying, "I remember an incident, there was a boy who scored 99 marks and he used to show it to everyone. When people heard 99, they used to encourage him a lot. Then a teacher came and said why are you distributing sweets? He did not score 99 out of 100 but 99 out of 543. Now who will explain to that child that you have created a world record in failure."

The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die after Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in the Lok Sabha.

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