‘Your grandparents sided with the British’: Kapil Sibal hits back at Modi

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister, Kapil Sibal, on Saturday, 17 November, hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s jibe at Rahul Gandhi, reminding him that his BJP’s ancestors were siding with the British government when Jawaharlal Nehru was laying the foundation of ‘modern industrial India’.

PM Modi addressing a rally in Ambikapur had earlier said that the Congress, which governed India for most of its independent history, improved the fortunes of the Nehru-Gandhi family rather than developing the country.

"Why didn't you do it for 100 years? You were around for four generations but why didn't you do it? Can you answer that? Did you lay down water pipelines? Did your nana-nani, dada-dadi (grandparents) lay it down? And did Raman Singh come and destroy it? First you give us an account of why you did not do it. Then come and ask us why we couldn't," PM Modi had said.

"Ask how you got drinking water at the platform when you were young. Nehru ji laid the foundation of a modern industrial India, but your party's Nana Nani's Dada Dadi's collaborated with the British," Sibal said in a tweet, hitting back at the Prime Minister.

Sibal later intensified his attack, and questioned whether Prime Minister Modi knew anything about the history of India.

“I don’t think the Prime Minister ponders over what he says. I want to ask the PM who built the Hirakud dam, Sardar Sarovar dam, Tehri dam, Bhakra dam? The dada- dadi of Modi ji or his party? Does he know anything about the history of India?” he was quoted as saying by ANI.