<p>The Congress on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that the main Opposition party <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-means-loot-ki-dukaan-and-jhooth-ka-bazaar-pm-modi-1235156.html" target="_blank">meant "shop of stolen articles" and "market of lies"</a>, accusing the prime minister of having no limit to his hypocrisy. The grand old party also said that in making those remarks, Modi was referring to his own nature.</p>.<p>Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh led the attack on the PM, saying that there was no limit to his hypocrisy.</p>.<p>"The Prime Minister who cannot speak the truth even by mistake is accusing the Congress of being a market of lies. There is no limit to hypocrisy for the Prime Minister," Ramesh <a href="https://twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1677711050563817473" target="_blank">tweeted</a>.</p>.<p>Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole, meanwhile, said Modi was talking about himself as he was Chief Minister for 12 years and Prime Minister for the last nine years.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/agnipath-has-shattered-dreams-of-youth-to-serve-country-alleges-congress-1235335.html" target="_blank">'Agnipath has shattered dreams of youth to serve country,' alleges Congress</a></strong></p>.<p>"He is not talking about himself and not Congress. He himself is a 'jhooth ka bazaar'. This is no longer a hidden fact and everyone knows it," Patole said.</p>.<p>The comments came a day after the Prime Minister targeted the Congress during a public meeting in Rajasthan's Bikaner, saying there was only one meaning to the party, which is "loot ki dukaan" and "jhooth ka bazaar". He was taking a jibe at top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comment, "nafrat ka bazaar mein mohabbat ka dukaan" (shop of love in a market of hatred).</p>.<p>Modi's retort to Rahul's attack on the BJP-RSS came a month after BJP chief J P Nadda called Rahul a "nafrat ka mega shopping mall" (mega shopping mall of hatred) and not at all a shop of love.</p>
<p>The Congress on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that the main Opposition party <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-means-loot-ki-dukaan-and-jhooth-ka-bazaar-pm-modi-1235156.html" target="_blank">meant "shop of stolen articles" and "market of lies"</a>, accusing the prime minister of having no limit to his hypocrisy. The grand old party also said that in making those remarks, Modi was referring to his own nature.</p>.<p>Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh led the attack on the PM, saying that there was no limit to his hypocrisy.</p>.<p>"The Prime Minister who cannot speak the truth even by mistake is accusing the Congress of being a market of lies. There is no limit to hypocrisy for the Prime Minister," Ramesh <a href="https://twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1677711050563817473" target="_blank">tweeted</a>.</p>.<p>Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole, meanwhile, said Modi was talking about himself as he was Chief Minister for 12 years and Prime Minister for the last nine years.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/agnipath-has-shattered-dreams-of-youth-to-serve-country-alleges-congress-1235335.html" target="_blank">'Agnipath has shattered dreams of youth to serve country,' alleges Congress</a></strong></p>.<p>"He is not talking about himself and not Congress. He himself is a 'jhooth ka bazaar'. This is no longer a hidden fact and everyone knows it," Patole said.</p>.<p>The comments came a day after the Prime Minister targeted the Congress during a public meeting in Rajasthan's Bikaner, saying there was only one meaning to the party, which is "loot ki dukaan" and "jhooth ka bazaar". He was taking a jibe at top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comment, "nafrat ka bazaar mein mohabbat ka dukaan" (shop of love in a market of hatred).</p>.<p>Modi's retort to Rahul's attack on the BJP-RSS came a month after BJP chief J P Nadda called Rahul a "nafrat ka mega shopping mall" (mega shopping mall of hatred) and not at all a shop of love.</p>
