Congress takes a dig at Centre on April Fool's Day
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The Congress on Sunday used the April Fool's Day to mock PM Narendra Modi and his government over their alleged failures in creating jobs and rein in corruption as the party marked the occasion as "Jumla Day". It also targeted the government over soaring fuel prices, saying while diesel prices were at an all-time high while petrol rates were at a four-year high.
A pun video
Congress used puns to mock PM Modi
In a video produced in breaking news format and released on its official Twitter handle, the Congress used puns as it sought to poke fun at the PM. "Demonetization has killed corruption, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi have boosted government's Swachh Bharat campaign by cleaning the Punjab National Bank," says the 70-second video, which runs with a voiceover in Hindi.
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A pun video released by Congress on Twitter
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"The Modi government has created 200cr jobs and now aliens from Mars are also working in India while robots are collecting garbage in smart cities," the video adds. Taking a jibe on PM Modi's pet project "Namami Gange", it says the Ganges has been rid of all its pollution so much so that you can now clearly see Modi's picture in its clean waters.
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Diesel and petrol prices are at four-year high: Congress
Congress put out a series of tweets, attacking the government. "With Diesel prices at an all-time high and petrol prices at a 4-year high, we thought this was a rather cruel April Fool's Day joke, PM Modi. Unfortunately, it is not," reads one of them.