Budget Session, Jan. 31 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took a jibe at the opposition INDIA bloc, saying that no "foreign-backed" issue is being raised ahead of the Parliament's Budget Session.

PM Modi was referring to the protests by Opposition parties, including the Congress in previous Parliament sessions over revelations made by now-disbanded US-based short seller Hindenburg Research on alleged stock manipulation and tax evasion by the Gautam Adani group.

"You must have noticed, since 2014, this is the first Parliament Session, which saw no 'videshi chingari' (foreign interference) in our affairs, in which no foreign forces tried to ignite a fire. I had noticed this before every budget session. And many in our country leav...