‘Will you protest or is it just Khi Khi’: Opposition targets PM Modi after Trump calls India ‘hell’
New Delhi: A political row erupted on Thursday after US President Donald Trump retweeted a post calling India “hell”, triggering a backlash from the opposition. Opposition parties criticize PM Narendra Modi Calling him a “weak prime minister” for his so-called “silence”.Moitra, in an interview with TheShe then questioned the prime minister’s response, asking: “Are you going to protest or just go to Kiki for the next poll rally in Bengal?”
The Congress party also criticized the remarks, calling them “extremely insulting and anti-India”.The party posted onThe party went further, attacking the prime minister for his past responses to similar controversies. “However, given his record so far, he cannot be expected to say anything in front of Trump. Trump has repeatedly made insulting remarks about India, while Modi has remained silent. Narendra Modi is a weak Prime Minister and the entire country has borne the brunt of it,” the statement added.Trump sparked the controversy earlier in the day by retweeting a post on his Truth Social platform. The article featured US political commentator Michael Savage’s podcast describing India, China and other countries as “hell”.Trump did not add any captions when retweeting the content, but the move was seen as consistent with his recent remarks on U.S. immigration and domestic policy debates.
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In the podcast, Savage made a series of controversial and widely criticized claims while advocating for changes to U.S. birthright citizenship laws.He claimed that people from countries such as India and China travel to the United States to “give birth to babies in the ninth month” and thereby obtain citizenship for their children. The post further claims that such laws allow immigrants to “bring entire families over from China or India or some other hellhole on earth.”The remarks also included broader accusations about immigration and integration, saying “English is no longer spoken here” and claiming “the class of immigrants coming in today have little loyalty to this country”.Earlier in the day, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a media briefing that they had seen some reports about the controversial “hell” remarks, but did not issue a detailed response.“We saw some reports. That’s where I stay,” Jaiswal said.The remarks come as West Bengal is about to enter assembly elections, with the first phase of voting taking place on April 23 and the second phase on April 29. Counting is scheduled for May 4.
