Indian Opposition Leaders Criticize Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Address to the Nation

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi labelled the opposition as "anti-women," several leaders lashed out at him. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh described the prime minister's address to the nation as biased. He said that an incumbent prime minister's address to the nation was a solemn occasion - a non-partisan one meant to boost national resolve and self-confidence. He described the prime minister's address to the nation as a "compassionate, non-partisan and non-controversial attack." He argued that, instead of a national address, such a crisis speech would have been better suited for a press conference; however, the extraordinary legislative humiliation that the prime minister faced in the Lok Sabha last night is so disturbing that, despite being the head of the government, he is still afraid to face the media. Congress leader asserted that the prime minister should have apologised for the failure of a constitutional amendment, while his "brazen and deceitful attempt to push through a delimitation proposal in the guise of women's empowerment" was a mere excuse that the prime minister's intentions were not to stop questioning the power of women.