The Congress wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 71st birthday on Friday and observed the day as “unemployment day”, “anti-farmer day” and “high prices day” – the three issues raging in the country — to mark his alleged “failures”.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi lead the greetings and tweeted, “Happy Birthday, Modi ji.”
The party’s frontal organisations, Indian Youth Congress (IYC) and National Students Union of India (NSUI), observed the day as the “national unemployment day”.
Justifying the party’s stand, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate cited the examples of Children’s Day, National Integration Day, Sadbhavna Day and Good Governance Day, which are celebrated to mark the birth anniversaries of former prime ministers. “Modi’s birthday is being observed as unemployment day,” she said.
