Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 -- Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he is ideologically inspired by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Speaking to ANI, Khera alleged that the Prime Minister does not believe in democracy, further raising questions on controversial issues such as the Pegasus surveillance row in the country.

"The fact of the matter is, Narendra Modi is inspired by Netanyahu. He does not believe in democracy. His role model is Netanyahu. So, a man whose role model, whose hero, whose icon is Netanyahu, do you expect anything better from him? Who got Pegasus in this country, Rahul Gandhi or Narendra Modi?" he asked.

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