In a startling disclosure which has the potential to turn LDF supporters against the CPI(M), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday alleged that the Kerala Government has denied drinking water to the people of the State.
Addressing a mammoth election rally at Pathanamthitta, the district that houses the holy shrine of Sabarimala, on Friday, the Prime Minister said that the indifference of the CPI(M)-led LDF Government to the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission that empower and facilitate creation of water supply infrastructure so that every rural household has Functional Tap Connection and water in adequate quantity of prescribed quality is made available on regular basis remains a non-starter in Kerala.
“While the rest of the country brought 20 percent of the households under the Jal Jeevan Mission since its launching on October 2, 2020, the Kerala Government has deliberately delayed the implementation of the scheme to the people in the State. They are worried that the credit of the mission would come to Narendra Modi. I or my government do not need any credit for this mission. Let the ruling CPI(M) take the credit for that. My only plea is that let the people get the drinking water,” said Modi.
The Prime Minister told the electorate that the LDF and the UDF were responsible for seven deadly sins committed on the people of the State. “They are arrogant and have a sense of false pride. Both the fronts are disconnected from roots. The LDF and the UDF have made greed for money their hallmark. While one front is experts in making money out of solar scam and Bar corruption, the LDF has excelled in dollar scam, gold scam and land scam . The list is endless,” said the Prime Minister.
Modi said both the fronts were engaged in competitive corruption and were jealous of each other. “Their lust for power know no bounds. The LDF and the UDF are promoting communal and extremist elements,” he said and pointed out the ties the Congress and the CPI(M) have with organisations like SDPI and the PFI.
The Prime Minister said that governance has come to a state of paralysis in Kerala. “It is time to make Kerala free of this paralysis. We in NDA have a mission that is forward looking and inclusive. Our FAST Development Programme encompasses Fisheries and Fertilizers, Agriculture and Ayurveda, Skill and Social Development and Tourism and Technology,” he explained.
Modi who began his speech invoking the name of Lord Ayyappa blasted the State Government for lathi charging and foisting false cases against the devotees. The Communists are trying to destroy the age old Kerala culture terming it regressive and are destroying the sacred land of the State.
“Baba Saheb Ambedkar had said many times that Communism and democracy can never coexist. Communism is an imported ideology which was rejected internationally. It is like forest fire which destroys itself and devours others ,” said the Prime Minister.