10 yrs a starter, main course yet to come: Modi
JAIPUR: Highlighting the work done by his government in the last 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it was just an appetiser and the main course is yet to come.
Addressing a rally in Churu, his second election rally in Rajasthan in three days, Modi also accused the Congress of insulting the Army and dividing people and said this represented the identity of the opposition party.
He further said that the country now is a new India, which strikes within enemy territory – an apparent reference to counter-strikes in Pakistan after terror attacks in India. “Today even the enemy knows that this is Modi, this is the new India,” Modi added. “No matter how much has happened, whatever has happened till now is a trailer. What Modi has done so far, it was just an appetiser and the main course is still to come,” he said. “There is a lot to be done... there are a lot of dreams. We have to take the country far ahead.”
Modi said the country was in a bad condition when Congress was in power. “The economy had collapsed due to the Congress’ big scams and loot. India’s reputation in the world was declining... Even after so many decades of Independence, people were struggling for necessities of life,” he added.
“People thought that nothing could change, everyone was immersed in despair. In this despair and frustration, in 2014, you gave a chance to the son of the poor to serve you. Disappointment and frustration cannot come close to Modi. I decided that the situation has to change,” he said. In a big crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic when the whole world thought India would be ruined, “we Indians made the country the fifth-largest economy in the world”, he said.
“I could have also said that the whole world has faced a disaster, what should I do? Maybe the countrymen would have accepted it, but Modi did not choose that path,” he added.
Today, Modi’s guarantee is being discussed in the country, he said, adding that Rajasthan is an example of how Modi’s guarantees were fulfilled and at what speed.