FORBESGANJ / SAHARSA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked Congress on Tuesday for its dwindling numbers in the two Houses of Parliament that have fallen below 100, claiming that people were punishing the party for its false promises to eradicate poverty and farm loan exemption.
Mount a relentless assault on the RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar On the final day of his blitzkrieg campaign to propel the NDA to a fourth consecutive term in office, Modi repeatedly reminded the people of the ‘Jungle Raj’ presiding when the rampant capture of the cabin robbed the poor of their right to vote. .
Under Prime Minister Nitish Kumar, he claimed, the state had left behind the “darkness of insecurity and anarchy.”
Modi said Congress’s “false promises” of poverty eradication, farm loan exemption and a rank one pension for the retired military had enraged people.
“Now, whenever people have the opportunity, they punish Congress. Public anger has reduced the party to such a sorry state that it has been left with fewer than 100 deputies in both Houses of Parliament combined.
“In states like UP and Bihar, they have been relegated to third, fourth or fifth position, and they are joining other parties to survive,” he said, attacking the main opposition party as he headed to an election meeting in the city. by Forbesganj. from the Araria district.
The BJP won nine of Rajya Sabha’s 11 seats, the results of which were declared on Monday, bringing its tally to 92 in the Upper House and reducing Congress to 38.
It is the first time in its history that Congress has only 89 legislators in Parliament.
Addressing the rally when the second phase of the state assembly elections was underway, the prime minister said that the voting trend suggested that people had rejected the “double yuvraj” (two crown princes), an expression that has coined for the leader of Congress. Rahul gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav of RJD.
“In Bihar, rangbaazi (riot) and rangdaari (extortion) are losing and vikas (development) and kanoon kaa raj (Rule of law) is winning, parivarvaad (dynasty rule) is being defeated by janatantra (democracy), and the sweat of work is ready to triumph over arrogance, “he said.
Recalling the state’s notoriety for booth seizures in the 1990s, the prime minister said: “They (the NDA’s predecessors in government) had even deprived the poor of their right to vote. The poor were not even they were allowed to set foot outside their home on voting day. The NDA restored their right to vote, gave them power. ”
Repeatedly calling the 15-year Lalu-Rabri rule “jungle raj”, he said its advocates did not want the people of Bihar to sing “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Jai Shri Ram”.
“If they are uncomfortable with those who sing ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, Bihar is also uncomfortable with them,” he said at another rally in Saharsa. The Katihar, Purnea and Kishanganj districts adjoining Saharsa have a sizeable Muslim population.
The prime minister said that under Prime Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar had left behind the darkness of “insecurity and anarchy” of the RJD government.
“The roads and markets today are full of people even late at night,” he said.
Accusing previous RJD governments of being steeped in corruption, the prime minister said: “Again they look at Bihar avidly as a glutton who has eaten his fill but wants more.”
Modi said Nitish Kumar laid the foundations of ‘Atmanirbhar Bihar’, a self-sufficient state, as chief minister.
Now IT parks, software parks, food processing units, medical and engineering schools will emerge to create a self-sufficient Bihar, he said.
The prime minister made a fervent speech for his “vocal by local” campaign to promote local business.
“If we don’t tell people about our products, who will? Take Khadi as an example. It’s not a new fabric. But it sold many more times in the five years since 2014 than in the previous 25 years. This is how do you become a vocal for the local and the local becomes global in a short time, “he said.
Modi also sought to rule out any perception of an anti-incumbent factor against the Nitish Kumar government,
He said: “We have spent the last decade attending to needs. We will dedicate this decade to fulfilling aspirations. From gas cylinders we are going to move to gas pipelines and after having built roads we are focusing on building airports.”
The prime minister also expressed his satisfaction with the electoral turnout better than expected, and said that the enthusiasm of the people at the pandemic presented to the world shows the deep roots of democracy in Bihar.
The prime minister, arguably the NDA’s biggest star activist by virtue of his crowd-drawing skills, also mocked the opposition for being “puzzled as to why Modi keeps winning elections. They must realize the reason is simple. I am in tune with the needs of my mothers and sisters and I try to take care of them. ”
Modi, during the demonstrations he addressed in Bihar, criticized the RJD-led Grand Alliance for alleged corruption and legality.
At each rally, he made it a point to mention the names of the four components of the NDA: the BJP, JD (U), HAM and the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), but was silent on Chirag Paswan and his LJP, who left the alliance in Bihar but is a partner in New Delhi.
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