New Delhi sources have stated that when PM Narendra Modi replying in the Lok Sabha to the motion of thanks on President's address, Modi also criticized the opposition party over bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, alleging that it did so only for "political" considerations without any preparation for which the people were facing hardships.
Modi said "When we speak about creating new states, we remember the manner in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee created Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. He showed how far sighted decision-making is done". He also said amidst protests by Congress members who shouted slogans seeking justice for Andhra Pradesh, Modi said whenever his government was criticized by select opposition parties, substance was lacking in their arguments as they would go back to saying "when we were in power".
Further he added that "This is the same party
that divided India. For decades, one party devoted all their energies in
singing paeans to one family. The interests of the nation were over-looked just
for the interests of one family". Furthermore Modi said Partition was
result of the Congress' wrong policies. "Not a single day has passed when
the country has not suffered due to the poison sowed by you".
