Why are you ashamed of using Nehru surname? PM Modi hits out at Gandhi family

Hitting out at the Gandhi family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked why the Gandhi family members are ashamed of using the Nehru surname.

Replying to a debate on the motion of thanks on the President's address, Modi said, "I had read in some newspaper, I have not verified it, but a report said as many as 600 government schemes are only in the name of Gandhi-Nehru family."

He said if Nehru's name is not mentioned, some people get upset and their blood boils. They ask why Nehru's name is not mentioned.


Targeting Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Sonia Gandhi, Modi asked: "...if Nehru ji's name is left out by us, we would correct our mistake as he was the first prime minister of the country. But I don't understand why anyone from his clan is afraid of keeping Nehru surname? Is there any shame in having the Nehru surname? What is the shame? When the family is not ready to accept such a great personality, why do you keep questioning us," he said.

PM Modi further said that India is not an estate of a particular family and that this country is made with the efforts of its common people.