Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his address in Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid protests and sloganeering from the opposition parties. At the start of his speech, PM Modi took a jibe at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge telling him to “sit and make slogans” considering his age. Soon after, the opposition MPs walked out of the house, prompting the prime minister to say, “thak gaye, chale gaye” (They got tired, they left).

In his address, PM Modi targeted Rahul Gandhi over his remark calling Union MoS Ravneet Singh Bittu a “traitor.”

“Yesterday, a member of this Parliament was called a traitor…Many people have left congress, the party has been split several times. But he (Rahul) did not term anyone else a traitor,” the Prime Minister said.

He further added, “But our honorable MP was called a traitor because he was a Sikh, and this is a display of the enmity against Sikhs present inside the Congress.