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PM Modi opens NRI carnival, attacks Congress over 'culture of corruption'

PM Modi termed NRIs as India's brand ambassadors, who exemplified their native country's innate talent, might and capacity

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and others during the inauguration of 15th edition of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) | Photo: PTI

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
In less than a fortnight after Congress president Rahul Gandhi, during his two-day visit to the UAE, flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged intolerance in India, PM Modi on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on Congress for purportedly nurturing a culture of corruption and squandering of public money.

After inaugurating the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2019 in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, Modi, while implicitly referring to former PM Rajiv Gandhi, said the departed leader had once stated that of the total government funds, only 15 per cent percolated to the ground level under public welfare schemes due

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