ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday got ‘Kochi’ in Kerala and‘Karachi’ in Pakistan mixed up in a slip of the tongue but quickly coveredit up by saying that his mind these days is preoccupied with theneighbouring country.
Extolling the virtues of the Ayushman Bharat health scheme, Modi said itallowed a resident of Jamnagar to avail treatment anywhere in the country,be it ‘Kolkata’ or ‘Karachi’, PTI has reported.
Almost in the same breath, the PM set things right by telling the gatheringhe meant ‘Kochi’ and not ‘Karachi’.
“Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, if a resident of Jamangar has gone toBhopal and falls sick, he need not come back to Jamnagar for treatment. Ifhe shows his (Ayushman Bharat) beneficiary card, he will get free treatmenteven in Kolkata and even in Karachi,” Modi told a gathering in Jamnagar.
He, however, added, “Not Karachi but Kochi. Nowadays my mind is preoccupiedwith the thoughts of the neighbouring country.” “But that (air strike inPakistan) was also necessary.
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Should that be done or not?” he posed to the crowd which replied its assentwith a round of applause.
Modi was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a 750-bed annexebuilding of Guru Govind Singh Hospital in Jamnagar.
