New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Congress in Rajya Sabha and cited a speech of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, stating that she and her father Jawaharlal Nehru had referred to citizens of the country as a "problem".

Replying to the debate in the Rajya Sabha on the motion of thanks on the President's address, PM Modi also took veiled digs at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

He said there is a huge difference in the way the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance looks at a situation or the thinking towards the solution of a problem and how the Congress does.

"Whether is it BJP or NDA, our approach to looking at a situation and at looking for solutions to problems, there is a vast...