Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a fresh attack on the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) saying people cannot be misled merely by the use of the country’s name while citing the usage in British East India Company, which colonised India, and the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).

In his address to a closed-door Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary party meeting, Modi said the Opposition is frustrated and disappointed and its conduct shows that the political status quo will continue.

Ramesh Bidhuri, a BJP member of Parliament, quoted Modi saying those wanting to rule and to break the country had names like East India Company, Indian Mujahideen, which has been blamed for a series of blasts and terrorist activities, and PFI. The Union government outlawed PFI and its affiliates for five years last year, accusing them of involvement in radicalisation and terrorist activities.