Give up ‘ Manik’ for Hira, says Modi during Tripura poll campaign
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a campaign trail in the frontier state of Tripura, on Thursday launched a frontal attack on the Left Front government and asked as to why people in the state do not earn minimum wages even though the CPI- M) government has been in power for 25 years.
Addressing an election meeting at Rangamatia Madrassa ground here, he said people wear ‘ manik’ or gem stone for changing their fate, but this Manik ( Sarkar) failed to bring prosperity in the lives of people. “Throw away manik ( Sarkar government) and go for ‘ hira’ for prosperity and development in the state in the upcoming election,” Mr Modi said. “You should replace Manik with Hira ( diamond) to come out of non- development and backwardness of decades,” said the Prime Minister and added, “People in distress tend to wear ‘ manik’ ( gemstone) on the fingers hoping for better days. But if one wears the wrong ‘ manik’, the distress gets compounded. You have worn the wrong ‘ manik’ for the past 25 years and so haven’t tasted the real pace of development and prosperity. Time has come for you to shed the wrong ‘ manik’ and wear ‘ Hira’ after the election to see the change for better.”
In his style, the Prime Minister also decoded — ‘ Hira’ saying—-“H stands for highway, I stands for Iway ( digital connectivity), R stands for roadway and A stands for airway. He promised massive transformation of Tripura where the state government employees are paid the same pay scale since 1996.