Rajasthan: Farmer's 'aalu se sona' jibe leaves PM Modi in splits - watch

NEW DELHI: A husbandman successful Rajasthan’s Banswara connected Thursday near the assemblage successful splits, and adjacent drew a chuckle from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, erstwhile helium made a pointed jibe astatine Congress person Rahul Gandhi’s infamous “aalu se sona” remark.The speech took spot during the Prime Minister’s enactment with beneficiaries of the PM-KUSUM scheme, an inaugural to beforehand star vigor successful farming, during his sojourn to Banswara. Farmers from Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka joined the event.

One section farmer, praising the scheme, said his long-cherished imagination had been fulfilled done the installation of a star works connected his land. Taking a swipe astatine Gandhi, helium added: “Main maanata hoon ki logon ne kaha ki aalu se sona hoga. Aalu se sona to nahin hua lekin hamaaree jameen se aapane sona hamen jaroor de diya.”The quip instantly lit up the audience, sparking laughter crossed the venue and a grin from PM Modi himself.BJP I-T section main Amit Malviya besides shared the clip of the exchange, saying: "Prime Minister interacting with PM-KUSUM beneficiaries successful Banswara. You conscionable can’t miss the rustic consciousness of humour here".

The farmer’s taunt referred to Gandhi’s 2017 assertion successful Uttar Pradesh that exertion could beryllium devised to crook potatoes into golden -- a governmental hyperbole that has been cited by the BJP arsenic a motion of Rahul Gandhi's “disconnect from reality.”

The Prime Minister lauded the farmers of Banswara for turning to star vigor and starring the mode successful sustainable agriculture. “Banswara ke kisaanon ne suraj ki roshni se apne khet ki takdeer badal di hai,” helium remarked, highlighting however the strategy is helping farmers not lone turn nutrient but besides make and merchantability surplus energy.The Prime Minister laid the instauration chromatic of Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Ltd's (ASHVINI) Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (4X700 MW) worthy astir Rs 42,000 crore successful enactment with his committedness to alteration India's powerfulness assemblage to guarantee affordable, reliable, and sustainable powerfulness supply.It volition beryllium 1 of the largest atomic plants successful the country, supplying reliable basal load energy, and volition fortify India's presumption successful biology stewardship and the evolving atomic vigor landscape.Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project comprises 4 indigenous 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors with precocious information features, designed and developed by NPCIL.