06 February,2020 04:57 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Narendra Modi. Picture/PTI
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took repeated digs at opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi of the Congress whom he dubbed as "tubelight" saying that it took him 30-40 minutes to respond to his speech in Lok Sabha.
The prime minister said in the parliamentary session on Thursday, "I was speaking for the last 30-40 minutes but it took this long for the current to reach there. Many tubelights are like this."
On Twitter, the statement spark memes with many calling the moment 'epic'.
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(With inputs from PTI)
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