Overview
- An unnamed Banswara farmer referenced Rahul Gandhi’s 2017 ‘aaloo se sona’ line, prompting audience laughter and a visible chuckle from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- During the interaction, beneficiaries of the PM-KUSUM solar scheme from Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka shared experiences with the Prime Minister.
- The farmer said, “Potatoes did not give gold, but you gave us gold from our land,” crediting solar installations on his fields.
- PM Modi praised farmers for adopting solar power and highlighted that PM-KUSUM lets them sell surplus electricity to the grid.
- BJP IT chief Amit Malviya shared the clip of the exchange, and the visit also saw the foundation laid for ASHVINI’s Mahi Banswara Atomic Power Project (4x700 MW), designed with NPCIL’s indigenous PHWR technology.