Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) took a dig at the Opposition over the newly inaugurated dedicated freight corridor, saying critics would still complain like a “naraz fufa” (grumpy uncle) and manufacture grievances, while also dismissing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s campaign against the government as “ jhooth ki goonj ” (echo of lies).
Describing the dedicated railway freight corridor as the lifeline of a rapidly developing nation, the Prime Minister noted that India’s economic transformation was accelerating due to the modern freight structure.
He said the youth could see how focused the government was on working across sectors, including solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear energy. Earlier, passenger and goods trains were forced to run on the same tracks, which severely hampered both passenger travel and freight movement, but the dedicated corridor altered that dynamic, he said.
Speaking at the inauguration of three key sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai with Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, and marking the project’s completion, Mr. Modi praised his administration’s pace of execution and called the former Congress-led UPA regime’s working speed sluggish. Targeting senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi without naming him, Mr. “Now, the naraz fufaji [grumpy uncle] will start shouting: What will happen to the truck drivers? Where will the trucks go? What about the trucks people have purchased? Now, fufaji has found something new to complain about,” Mr. He pointed to rapid modernisation under his decade-long tenure compared to the previous administration’s shortcomings.
“After 2014, with your blessings, when I reached Delhi, and as soon as we arrived there, we began accelerating this project. “After 2014, India built 50,000 modern rail coaches. The previous regime could not build even 50,000 toilets in 10 years,” he said.
The “jhooth ki goonj” jibe appeared to mock the Chhatron Ki Goonj student dialogue campaign launched by the Congress. Modi said opponents would always find fault with major infrastructure milestones such as the newly inaugurated freight corridor. Modi said, implying that Opposition parties would go out of their way to manufacture grievances against national progress.
Work on the dedicated freight corridor has been completed today,” he said.
