Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:48am on 20 Jul 2026,Monday Politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took an indirect swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while praising Skyroot Aerospace's successful Vikram-1 mission ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Highlighting that the private space company's team has an average age of 28, Modi remarked he was "not talking about a 56-year-old youngster," a comment widely seen as targeting the Leader of the Opposition. Congress criticised the remark, saying the real issue is unemployment among young Indians. Modi also congratulated Skyroot for India's first privately developed rocket to reach orbit and urged Parliament to hold fact-based, constructive discussions.
