Shri Modi said that public anger against the Congress government has increased so much that it will not take long to remove it from power Photo Credit: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 July described the Congress as a mixture of “loot and deception”. Alleging that his government in Rajasthan was “neither honest nor stable”, he said people in the state would not vote for the party in the upcoming assembly elections because of it.
He said the Congress has gone into “bye-bye mode” fearing its imminent defeat in the state.
“Congress means only one thing: Loot the shop And Jhooth’s Bazaar,” Mr Modi said in an apparent reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s repeated comments about his party –Shop of loveIn ‘(The Shop of Affection)’Nafrat Ka Bazaar‘ (the market of hate). The Prime Minister was addressing a BJP rally at Naurangdesar village in Bikaner district after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of development projects worth over ₹24,300 crore.
Shri Modi said that public anger against the Congress government has increased so much that it will not take long to remove it from power. The defeat of the Congress was so certain that ministers and legislators had started vacating their government bungalows, he said, adding that the ruling party had caused “significant damage” to the state in the past four-and-a-half years.
Shri Modi alleged that the Congress, plagued by internal rift and dissension, has promoted corruption, crime and politics of appeasement. “Under the Congress rule, the protectors have become the predators… Rajasthan tops in crimes against women. The entire government machinery here is busy protecting the accused of rape and murder.”
Accusing the ruling Congress of failing to develop a strong infrastructure for electricity, water and public facilities, Mr Modi said the state government has also failed to utilize central schemes for which huge funds were sanctioned Was. He said that Rajasthan, which should have been on top in implementing schemes like Jal Jeevan Mission, was one of the least performing states.
Shri Modi criticized the attitude of Congress leaders and said that they have a habit of defaming the country by going abroad. Urging the people to elect a “double engine government” in Rajasthan, he said, “When Congress is in power, it hollows out the country…When it is out of power, it misuses it and defames the country.” does.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje and BJP state president CP Joshi were among those who attended the rally. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra was present at the official function where the Prime Minister inaugurated the first development projects.
Shri Modi dedicated to the people the six-lane Greenfield Expressway section of the Amritsar-Jamnagar Economic Corridor, the first phase of the inter-state transmission line for the Green Energy Corridor, the Bikaner to Bhiwadi power transmission line and 30 beds. Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospital in official function.