"Congress Darbar System Destroyed Leaders": PM Invokes Netaji, BR Ambedkar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress's "darbar" system - a reference to loyalists to the Gandhi family - had destroyed several tall leaders.

The portrait of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was put up in Parliament only after a non-Congress government came to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, accusing Congress of putting dynasty above everyone else.

He said the Congress's "darbar" system - a reference to loyalists to the Gandhi family - had destroyed several tall leaders.

"In Congress's darbar system, they stole opportunities from many leaders, including BR Ambedkar. They made fun of his clothes. Their darbarwaad destroyed several leaders. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's portrait found a place in Parliament only after a non-Congress came to power," the Prime Minister said.