Cong, allies only tried to fill coffers, says PM
On a whirlwind tour to Odisha and Telangana ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation for development projects worth more than `19,600 crores and `7,200 crores respectively. The attack on the Congress was another constant between the events in two states. In Odisha, Mr Modi accused the Congress and its allies of “only focusing on filling their coffers” and in Telangana, he slammed the grand old party for turning the states into its new ATM.
In a scathing attack on Congress in Odisha's Jajpur, Mr Modi said that the Opposition party and its allies only focused on filling their coffers before 2014, when they were in power at the Centre.
Addressing a rally in Jajpur, the Prime Minister reiterated that the Central government is committed to the development of eastern India, which is filled with natural resources.
“The massive development work taking place today could have been undertaken earlier as well. But in the years before 2014, the entire focus of the Congress and its allies was only on filling their coffers,” he said.
The Prime Minister told the audience that over the past 10 years, the BJP-led
Central government has made huge investments in Odisha. “We want Odisha to become the gateway for Viksit Bharat,” he said.
Mr Modi noted that a permanent house with tap water and gas connections, which were once a dream for the poor, is now becoming a reality. The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation multiple development projects worth over `19,600 crore in Chandikhole, Odisha. The projects relate to sectors including oil & gas,