Narendra Modi says productive monsoon and session bring "welfare of all living beings"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing reporters in New Delhi on July 20 as Parliament’s Monsoon Session began, praised the recent orbital launch by private startup Skyroot Aerospace—whose team reportedly averages 28 years old—and made a remark widely interpreted as a subtle jab at 56-year-old opposition leader Rahul Gandhi. The Prime Minister then expressed hope that both the seasonal rains and the parliamentary session would prove fruitful for the nation. The comments came amid a legislative agenda that includes a bill to raise the Supreme Court’s judge count and another to criminalize insults to the national song. Modi’s remarks underscore the government’s emphasis on youth-driven innovation as the session gets underway.