PM slams Oppn, refers to Rahul's 'unwanted hug' at UP rally

Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a dig at the "unwanted hug" he received from the main opposition Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi in Parliament, and said the coming together of many parties against the Bharatiya Janata Party will only help the 'lotus' bloom.

Modi's reference was to the coming together of several opposition parties in support of the no-confidence motion moved by the Telugu Desam Party in the lower house of Parliament the Lok Sabha on Friday.

The BJP-led NDA won the no-trust vote on Friday.

"We asked the reasons for their no confidence but when they failed to give it they ended up giving an unwanted hug," Modi said, referring to Gandhi's embrace.

Modi was addressing a farmers rally in India's Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district