'Rich nation with poor population remark taken out of context,' says Gadkari as Oppn ups the ante

New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that his statement concerning Indian society has been taken out of context and that the Opposition has been politicising the issue.

“I am pained to know and see that my statement with reference to PTI‘s tweet about the problems concerning our society and the nation has been flashed out of context and some unscrupulous elements and opposition are deriving joy out of it,” Gadkari wrote on Twitter while tagging TMC MP Derek O’Brien.

The Union minister also shared a video of his speech and further wrote that an attempt is being done to “create misunderstanding and nothing else.”

I am pained to know and see that my statement with reference to PTI’s tweet about the problems concerning our society and the nation has been flashed out of context and some unscrupulous elements and opposition are deriving joy out of it. @derekobrienmp pic.twitter.com/4ObXQD0T4J

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) September 29, 2022

“My speech today, during a programme at Nagpur, that `we are a rich nation with poor people’ and the reference to the problems and issues before us should have been considered positively in the context of process of development rather than clipping out a part of it to create misunderstanding,” he added.

Earlier in the day, TMC MP O’Brien shared a tweet posted PTI which was carrying Gadkari’s statement.

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