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PM Modi Hits Out at Congress Over Maoist Terror Cover-Up

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, New Delhi
  • Oct 17, 2025
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party, accusing it of "hiding Maoist terror" and allowing Naxalite violence to spread across the country during its rule. Addressing the NDTV World Global Summit, the Prime Minister also underscored India’s transformation over the past decade—from banking and digital reforms to poverty alleviation and national security.

Without naming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi said, “I speak with great responsibility. Those who dance with the Constitution on their heads are still engaged day and night in protecting the Maoists.”

He asserted that under Congress rule, nearly every major state had suffered from Maoist violence, while his government had taken decisive steps to strengthen internal security and national resolve.

“India no longer remains silent after terrorist attacks. Today, the country responds with surgical strikes and air strikes. India is in no mood to stop—we will neither stop nor pause; 1.4 billion citizens will move forward together,” he said.

6 Key Takeaways from PM Modi’s Address

1. Digital Transactions:


India has witnessed a “paradigm shift” in the digital economy. PM Modi said, “Today, 50% of the world’s real-time digital transactions occur in India.” He credited reforms driven by conviction, not compulsion, adding that even the IMF acknowledges the boldness of India’s digital reforms.


2. Privatization and Democratization:
The Prime Minister emphasized that “the real power of a nation lies in its people,” and that the government should reduce interference in their lives. “While Congress pushed governmentalization, we worked to democratize policy in the last 11 years,” he noted.


3. Banking Reforms:


Criticizing the Congress-era bank nationalization, PM Modi said that despite Indira Gandhi’s promises, the poor were alienated from the banking system. “When our government came to power in 2014, half the population didn’t have bank accounts,” he said, highlighting the Jan Dhan Yojana as a key inclusion measure.


4. Fuel and Energy Access:
Modi contrasted Congress’s policy of closing petrol pumps at night with his government’s reforms. “Earlier, people needed an MP’s permission to get a gas connection. Today, 10 crore poor families have received LPG cylinders under our schemes,” he said.


5. Poverty Alleviation:
PM Modi claimed that 250 million people have been lifted out of poverty in the last 11 years. “India now has a government dedicated to serving the poor and deprived. We put the underprivileged first,” he affirmed.


6. Maoism and National Security:
Recalling the plight of victims of Maoist violence, Modi said many came to Delhi “with mutilated limbs and amputated legs” seeking justice. “The contractors of Maoist terror did not allow their stories to reach the world,” he alleged, calling the Congress’s silence “a betrayal of the victims.”

 

With his remarks, PM Modi sought to draw a sharp contrast between the Congress’s past governance and his government’s decade-long reform narrative—placing emphasis on digital progress, empowerment of the poor, and a strong, assertive India on the global stage.