Modi slams Congress’ 48 yrs of ‘dynastic’ rule

Puducherry, Feb. 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the “one family” dynastic rule of Congress for 48 years and said it should be compared with the achievements of the “development-oriented” NDA in the last four years.

“One family either directly or indirectly ruled the country for 48 years... for about 17 years our first Prime Minister ruled, and after that his daughter held the reigns for 14 years and following that her son was at the helm for five years,” he said.

Modi, who was addressing a BJP organised public meeting here, referred to the regimes of Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi without naming them.

His comments come weeks after Congress President Rahul Gandhi had dared Modi to spell out achievements of the NDA government instead of criticising his party.

In his address here, Modi also said “between 2004 and 2014, the same family ran the government with remote control,” in an apparent reference to the Manmohan Singh-led UPA regime.

One family either directly or indirectly ruled the country for 48 years... for about 17 years our first Prime Minister ruled, and after that his daughter held the reigns for 14 years and following that her son was at the helm for five years

— NARENDRA MODI, Prime minister