Narendra Modi is not known to mince his words when it comes to taking on his opponents. While replying to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Lok Sabha, Modi squarely targeted Congress even as the Congress president Sonia Gandhi sat in the audience.

Here are six times that Modi attacked the Congress in his address:

1. Speaking about MNREGA, Modi said that schemes such as MNREGA that were started by the Congress should never end, because it is a reminder of your (Congress') failure. He said, "My political sense says never end MNREGA, because MNREGA is a reminder of your (Congress) failure."

2. Not letting up on the attack, Modi said that the fact that the Congress had been defeated with such a huge margin should be indicative of the fact that the grand old party of the country should sit and reflect on what it did wrong. Referring to the Congress' defeat both in the Lok Sabha polls as well as the recently concluded Delhi elections, in which the party did not win even a single seat, he said, "History is a witness, Congress never lost with such a margin."

3. Targeting the Congress on its protest against the Land Acquisition Bill, he said, "Land acquisition lekar maidan mein aye the, itni kam seats Congress ki kabi nhi ayin, agar act kisaano ko pasand ata, to aap jeet te."

4. Hinting that whatever work the government had done in the past nine months was just clearing up the mess that the previous government had created over its 15-year rule, he said, "We are trying to address "old" problems which we inherited."

5. He even took on the Congress on the black money issue, saying that the Congress did not do anything while it was in power to address the black money issue. Referring to it, he asked the Congress, "Why was an SIT not formed on black money when SC asked?"

6. In a veiled attack and without naming the Congress, he said that India had suffered due to the corrupt practices that had become the norm in government offices during the previous government's tenure. He said, "Corruption has ruined our nation & corruption shouldnt be talked of in context of politics, that makes in into a 'tu tu mai mai' format."

Source: IT