New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi said that these days, some people take out the Constitution from their pocket displaying an intoxication of power despite being out of Government. They think the country’s Constitution and democracy are in their pockets.

Addressing the Kisan Tak Bharat Agriculture Conference on Thursday, Modi did not name any leader or political party and accused some people of treating the Constitution and democracy as being in their pocket and displaying an intoxication of power despite being out of Government.

He said that these days, some people take out the Constitution from their pocket. They think the country’s Constitution and democracy are in their pockets. Even while not being in Government, they seem to be under a peculiar intoxication of power, he added.

He alleged that those in power at the Centre had attempted to undermine the Gujarat State’s reputation after it secured the top rank in a ranking of the best-performing States on the economy. Those sitting in power in Delhi could not tolerate Gujarat’s reputation and went after those who conducted the research, he said.

Modi said the same people who spoke about democracy and martyrdom had acted differently when in power. This was a long time ago. You can find out through research what happened after that, he added.