Congress worships one family, can’t respect democracy: Modi
Launching a stinging attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused it of “spreading lies for political gains” and said those worshipping a single family cannot respect democracy.
Asking the people of the country to weigh their options, he, in a reference to the Congress, said that on the other side are those for whom their family is their country, while for him, the country is his family.
Terming the opposition party anti-poor and antiDalit, Modi said, “Whenever we announce any programme for upliftment of the backward classes, the Congress either stalls them, or it makes fun of such programmes.”
“They find development a joke... sanitation, building toilets for women, opening bank accounts for women a joke... Only those with antipoor mentality can find jokes in all these issues,” Modi said after inaugurating the 135km Eastern Peripheral Expressway here.
The public rally was organised a day before the by-election in the neighbouring Kairana Lok Sabha constituency.
Accusing the Congress of lying for its political gains even in the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister said the party doesn’t realise it is creating instability in the country.
“Now they are spreading a new lie among the farmers that if they give their land on contract farming, the government will charge them 18 per cent GST. The party which did not learn from their defeat in elections is spreading lies and mislead- ing the farmers.”
He urged the farmers not to believe in “their lies and instead complain against those who are spreading them”. "They will face the full force of the law,” he added.