Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Congress party has always avoided taking decisions on matters of national interest and charged Congress of spreading misinformation in country over the legislation Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB)), which has been passed by Parliament on Wednesday.
He also asserted that the CAB passed by both houses of Parliament would have no impact on the country's citizens and those saying otherwise are lying to mislead common people.
Addressing a rally in support of party candidates in Coal Capital (Dhanbad), Modi said he never cared for vote bank politics, but always believes in working for people’s welfare.
The Prime Minister, on the occasion, also talked important decision taken by his government in last six months including banning Triple Talaq, abrogation of Article 370 of Constitution which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir to recently passing of controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) from both houses of Parliament.
Modi said, “The Congress had deliberately kept these issue including Ram Janmabhoomi dispute, CAB and Article 370 hanging for decades as matters of national interest are secondary for them.”
Most of the poll promises has been fulfilled; Citizenship Amendment Bill - 2019 has been passed in the Rajya Sabha, “I expressed my gratitude to all the MPs who voted in favour of the Bill,” said Modi.
Modi said that there are attempts to fuel tensions in the Northeast region. “Most of the region is out of the ambit of this bill but politics of Congress and its allies depends on illegal immigrants. Congress and its allies are spreading rumour on CAB in Northeast,” added Modi.
Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill after a lengthy discussion over its provisions offering citizenship to Hindus and five other minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Modi said as Prime Minister he had visited Assam and Northeast most of the times than any other Prime Ministers. “The Congress party has left North East on its own. I appeal to you to trust BJP and Modi ,” he said.
Prime Minister targeting Congress party said, "Congress had created a strange political atmosphere in the country, due to which the confidence of people on political parties’ manifestos has lost. People began to feel that the leaders make announcements during elections and then forget. But the BJP believes in fulfilling the promise.”
Internationally India’s image has changed affirmatively after a long span of time. LWE menace has been almost eliminated in Jharkhand and their remaining pockets in the state will end soon, he said.
Modi urges voters especially form youths to take the lead in doing away with a weak and feeble government in Jharkhand. He said, ‘Be Aware’, the alliance parties in mulling hard to again make ‘loot’ in Jharkhand. He alleged that alliance is against the creation of employment; their government runs the industry of Naxlism and violence.
Attacking the Opposition JMM-Congress alliance in Jharkhand Modi alleged that alliance followed the politics of deception, while the BJP believes in serving people with hard work.
“The rampant corruption and political instability were the mark of the alliance government (JMM-Congress) in the past. The state was always made in news for the wrong reasons, instability and corruption in that tenure,” alleged Modi.
He said, Jharkhand soon to be developed as a tourism hub, our priority is to increase tourism-based employment in the state.
This is fourth visit of Prime Minister to poll bound Jharkhand as earlier he had visited on November 25 addressing rallies in Gumla and Daltonganj, December 3 in Khunti and Jamshedpur, December 9 at Barhi and Bokaro. The State BJP has planned six visits of PM Modi. PM Modi on December 15 and 17 is to address rallies in Santhal Pargana the area which will go to poll in fifth and last phase of polling.