New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) has sparked political reactions, with the Opposition calling it an "outreach" campaign that only comes when people become "out of reach," and mocking his description of critics as "angry uncles." Addressing students at SRCC to mark the college's centenary on Saturday, Modi said: "Outside this campus, you will find a new world. You will meet two types of people. The first type of people who positively transform the power of society into the power of the nation, and the other who would question every development project or growth policy like 'naraz fufa' (angry uncle)." "But India gave a befitting reply to such uncles," he added. Reacting to Modi's statements, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, "It was an opportunity for dialogue on the country's youth, and their future. But instead of facing the youth's questions, the (PM's) speech turned into yet another political campaign." Kharge further called it "Modi ji's Modus Operandi," and his way of giving new adjectives to people. "Adjectives keep changing, but the Modi government's anti-people policies do not change." "Modi ji's outreach is only needed when you become out of reach," he added. Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal took forward the counterattack. "A student's report card is written by the teacher, not by the student," Sibal said, arguing that a government presenting its own performance record was no different. "We will write your report card. You (Modi) can't do it on your own," he said. Sibal further questioned the government on various issues including recurring paper leaks in the competitive exams. "A government that cannot even conduct a fair test, how will it run the country?" he said, adding that unemployment among youth has risen. "In this very quarter where you are celebrating 7.8% growth, 15.9% of people between the ages of 15 and 29 do not have work. In cities, that figure is 18.2%, and among women it is 25%." He added that graduate unemployment under the age of 25 stood at 39%, up from 33% in 1983, and said manufacturing's share of employment had fallen from over 17% in the previous government's tenure to around 11 to 12% now. "These are figures, Modi ji, not a speech," he said. Modi had pre-empted such criticism at SRCC itself, framing his critics as unable to accept India's economic turnaround. Referring to the country's latest GDP data, he said, "Those responsible for pushing India into 'Fragile 5' are now unable to digest India's 7.8% growth," adding that the quarterly figure "has boosted the country's confidence" despite global trade disruptions and the war in West Asia....