Modi Accuses Congress Leaders of Treating Democracy as Their Property

Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised Congress at the India Today Group’s Bharat Kisan Conclave, saying some people carry the Constitution in their pockets and act as though democracy belongs to them. He did not name Rahul Gandhi. Modi said those people displayed an “undue sense of entitlement” even when out of government, describing it as an “intoxication of power.”. Modi also recalled his tenure as Gujarat chief minister and alleged that the then central government pressured researchers to seek approval before publishing economic rankings. He said Gujarat had ranked first in a performance list. On agriculture, he cited smarter farming, agricultural development and farmer empowerment as priorities for building a “Viksit Bharat,” and pointed to opportunities in agri-engineering and startups.