Anand, Gujarat:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the previous United Progressive Alliance government, accusing it of providing “dossiers” to terrorists while alleging a partnership between the Congress and Pakistan.
Terming it a “coincidence”, the Prime Minister said the Congress Party was weakening in India, adding that Pakistani leaders were offering “prayers” for the party to return to power.
“The weak Congress government used to give files to the terror masters. But the strong Modi government is eliminating terrorists on its soil. It is a coincidence, today the Congress is getting weaker in India and while the Congress is dying, Pakistan is crying.” Modi said.
“Now, Pakistani leaders are calling on Congress. Pakistan is keen to make Shehzada Prime Minister, and Congress is already a fan of Pakistan. This partnership between Pakistan and Congress has now been fully exposed,” PM Modi said while addressing an election rally in. Gujarat Anand.
The Prime Minister accused the Congress of lying while calling itself “Mohabbat ka Dukan” (Love Shop) and alleged that the latter had become a “manufacturer of fake goods”.
He said, “People are wondering why the Congress is angry. Today the Congress has become a false factory, that is, a factory of fake goods. Why is the Congress selling lies by calling itself Mahabat Ka Dukan?”
Referring to the UPA rule as ‘shaasankaal’ (era) and the existing NDA rule as ‘sevakaal’ (term of service), Prime Minister Modi accused the Congress of trying to divide the country.
“These days, the ‘Scheherazade’ of the Congress is dancing while they hold the Constitution above their heads. But the Congress must answer me why the Constitution, with which you are dancing on your forehead today, has not been implemented throughout India for 75 years.”
“Today Modi is fulfilling Sardar Sahib’s dream of uniting the country. While Congress is busy dividing the country, Congress wants to create fights in society. Because of Congress, there have been various types of tampering with the country’s constitution for decades,” he added. He said.
“The country has witnessed Congress rule for 60 years. Now the country has also witnessed 10 years of BJP’s service. That was the rule, this is the period of service,” PM Modi added.
The Prime Minister also highlighted the initiatives taken during the last years of NDA rule and said, “In 60 years of Congress rule, about 60 per cent of the rural population did not have toilets. In 10 years, the BJP government By building 100 percent of the toilets.” In 60 years, the Congress has been able to provide tap water facilities to only 3 lakh crore rural households in the country, less than 20 per cent of the households, and in just 10 years, the number of homes enjoying tap water has risen to 14 lakh crore, That is, 75% of homes have tap water.”
“In 60 years, Congress nationalized banks, took over banks and said that banks should be for the poor. Despite nationalizing banks in the name of poor, the Congress government could not open bank accounts for millions of poor in 2017. PM Modi said: Modi has opened more than 50 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts in 10 years.”
Voting is scheduled for 25 of the 26 seats in Gujarat in the third phase of the ongoing general elections on May 7.
Voting will not take place in Surat as BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal was declared elected unopposed last week after Congress MP Nilesh Kumbhani’s nomination was rejected while other candidates withdrew from the contest. The results will be announced on June 4.
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