Congress is source of all problems: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a sharp dig at the Congress, likening it to bitter gourd whose flavour, he said, remains unchanged even when it is “fried in ghee or sweetened with sugar”.
The BJP leader attributed many of the country’s problems to the grand old party and framed the upcoming election as a battle between “stability and instability”.
Addressing his first rally in Maharashtra for the general election, Mr. Modi, who is seeking a third consecutive term in office, accused the Opposition of craving power solely to indulge in corrupt practices. “The Congress is the source of all problems in the country. Who was responsible for partition of the country based on religion, Kashmir, or Naxalism? Who opposed Ram temple construction and questioned the existence of Lord Ram with a battery of advocates? Who declined the Ram temple invite?” Mr. Modi asked the gathering at Chandrapur, known as the ‘City of Black Gold’. The city houses the country’s largest power station with a capacity of 2,340 MW, which accounts for 25% of the State’s power needs.
It was the only Lok Sabha seat won by the Congress in the State in the last Lok Sabha election in 2019. This time, senior BJP leader and State Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar is the ruling Mahayuti alliance candidate. The Congress has fielded the late Suresh Dhanorkar’s widow Prathiba Dhanorkar.
Mr. Modi also campaigned for Gadchiroli’s incumbent MP and the party candidate Ashok Nete and said, “Your vote to Mr. Mungantiwar and Mr. Nete will strengthen Modi. Modi hails from a poor family and rose to his current position without a family legacy.”
He accused the Congress of being soft on terrorism for the sake of votebank politics and said “its recently released manifesto” had the imprint of proPartition Muslim League. “The 138yearold party has lost people’s support due to its deeds,” he said.