Pakistani leaders praying to make Rahul PM, says Modi
PM says Congress governments of the past used to go around the world and cry after a terrorist attack; he says a strong India wants a strong government, and his govt. should return to power
n his second day of his campaign in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a veiled attack on the Congress and its leaders while addressing public meetings in Palamu and Gumla.
He said a strong nation required a strong leader, and the Congress would cry in front of other nations when Pakistan used to attack India.
“There was a time when the cowardly Congress government used to go around the world and cry after a terrorist attack. However, today Pakistan is crying all over the world. The Pakistani leaders are praying to make Shehzada [prince] of the Congress the Prime Minister of India. A strong India wants a strong government and for a strong government, we need a Modi government,” Mr. Modi said.
Praising the work of his government, he said after he had become PM, he acted hard on terrorism and said enough was enough and Pakistan was shaken after the surgical strike.
Lashing out at the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( JMM) and its alliance
Opartner Congress, Mr. Modi alleged that leaders of both parties have accumulated immense wealth through corruption.
“Be it property or politics, they are acquiring everything for their children. They will leave behind a lot of black money as a legacy for them. I have lived a life in poverty and only someone who has seen poverty and lived a life of su¢ering can understand the tears of poor people,” Mr. Modi said.
He addressed the rst rally at the Chiyanki airport ground in Palamu and the second at Sisai in Gumla in support of BJP candidates V.D. Raman and Sameer Oraon for the Palamu and Lohardaga Lok Sabha seats.
25 years of service
He stressed his terms in power, saying that he had been serving the people as Chief Minister and Prime Minister for 25 years and he had not been accused of even a single penny’s scam. He also said that during his 10 years of service as PM, 25 crore people came out of poverty.
He alleged Jharkhand had a corrupt government and when the government was corrupt, development was not possible.
Without naming JMM leader and former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is in jail in a money laundering case, Mr. Modi said whoever had looted Jharkhand was being prosecuted under the law.
‘Spreading lies’
Taking a dig at the Opposition, the Prime Minister slammed the Congress and the leaders of the INDIA (Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance) bloc for spreading lies about him that he would end reservation and change the Constitution. He called them leaders of fools.
“Modi has been in power for 10 years and is running the government with pride. I have not committed this sin in 10 years, because I worship the Constitution of India. I am among those who worship Baba Saheb Ambedkar,” Mr. Modi said.
He further accused the Congress of indulging in politics of appeasement. Mr. Modi termed that with the glass Congress wore, only one vote bank was visible, and that was the Muslim vote bank.