India welcomes back its Super Premium Frequent Flier PM,” says Jairam Ramesh, as the Congress questions Modi’s silence on Manipur, flood relief, and GST reform.
BY PC Bureau
New Delhi, July 10, 2025 — The Congress party launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, accusing him of “complete neglect” of Manipur and prioritising his globe-trotting image over urgent national crises. The sharpest barb came from Congress General Secretary in-charge of Communications, Jairam Ramesh, who took to social media to critique the Prime Minister’s prolonged absence from India.
“India welcomes back its Super Premium Frequent Flier PM who is expected to be in the country for perhaps three weeks before jetting around again,” Ramesh wrote in a pointed tweet.
“Now that he is here, he could find the time to visit Manipur, where the people have been awaiting him for more than two years,” he added, alluding to the PM’s continued silence and inaction over the ethnic conflict in the northeastern state.
The tweet went on to list other pressing concerns that Ramesh claimed were being overlooked, including the lack of justice in the Pahalgam terror attack, repeated infrastructure collapses in Gujarat, pending financial aid for flood-ravaged Himachal Pradesh, and reforms to the GST regime to boost consumption and support small businesses.
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“He could also, for a change, chair an all-party meeting to firm up the agenda for the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament,” Ramesh said, calling out what he described as the PM’s “pattern of one-man rule” and exclusion of opposition voices.
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India welcomes back its Super Premium Frequent Flier PM who is expected to be in the country for perhaps three weeks before jetting around again.
Now that he is here, he could find the time to visit Manipur where the people have been awaiting him for more than two years; review…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 10, 2025
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had also repeatedly questioned the PM’s absence from Manipur, questioning how the Prime Minister could ignore a state “engulfed in violence and grief” for over a year. “Manipur is burning, and the Prime Minister is busy with photo-ops abroad. This shows how disconnected he is from the real pain of Indians,” Kharge said during a public address in Karnataka earlier this week.
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Political Heat Ahead of Monsoon Session
With the monsoon session of Parliament set to begin later this month, the opposition is expected to corner the government on multiple fronts—from Manipur to inflation, unemployment, GST concerns, and flood relief delays. Congress leaders say the PM’s absence has made it impossible to hold any constructive all-party consultation.
Political observers believe this latest round of criticism signals the Congress’s strategy to sharpen its attacks on Modi’s governance style and perceived detachment from ground realities, especially in conflict-ridden or disaster-affected regions.
