Making a strong pitch for the return of the BJP to power in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and maintaining that his party had removed the ‘BIMARU” tag from the state , Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday alleged that the opposition Congress was no longer run by its leaders but by a group of “Urban Naxals” who had been given the contract for running party affairs.
Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, while addressing a huge gathering of BJP workers in Bhopal, the Prime Minister likened it to a rusted piece of iron that has lost its ability to understand national ambitions and fathom the future and claimed that the Congress could take MP back to the ‘BIMARU’ state that it was before the BJP was in the saddle in the state..
Modi asserted that the Congress and its allies in the new “ghamandia” alliance supported the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament “reluctantly” as there was no way out and warned people that if given an opportunity, they will backtrack on it.
Modi said he wanted to caution women of Madhya Pradesh as the “ghamandia” (INDIA) alliance has reluctantly supported the women's quota bill.
After Modi reached the stage at the venue, a group of BJP's women wing members honoured the Prime Minister with a huge garland for the passage of the Women Reservation Bill.
Appealing people to vote the BJP back to power again, Modi said that the path of progress that the BJP had laid cannot be sustained unless it returns in government.
He also cited instances of neighbouring Rajasthan and Maharashtra, claiming that the Congress had taken the state into depths of corruption and misgovernance.
The Prime Minister further said that the Congress is no longer run by its leaders but by a group of Urban Naxals who have been given the contract for running party affairs.
“Congress has lost all its willpower. The grassroots leaders of Congress have been sitting quietly with their mouths shut. First, Congress was ruined, then they became bankrupt and now they have given their contract to someone else. The party is no longer being run by its leaders. It has outsourced everything, from slogans to policies, and this contract is with some urban Naxals,” Modi said.
Taking a dig at the Congress leadership, he further said that the grand old party was ignorant towards the plight of the poor. The lives of the poor, Modi said, mean nothing more to the Congress than “adventure tourism” and “opportunity to shoot videos”.
“A poor man’s life doesn’t matter for Congress leaders born with silver spoons. For them, it is adventure tourism… For Congress leaders, poor persons’ colonies have become locations to shoot videos. They have done this in the past too… BJP government is showing the developed and grand face of the country to the world,” said the Prime Minister.
Highlighting the difference between the BJP and the Congress, the Prime Minister said that the while his party made a historic decision by getting the Women’s Reservation Bill passed in Parliament, the Opposition tried to block the appointment of the first woman President of India.
He said that the youth of MP have been lucky to never have witnessed the darkness of the Congress era.
“The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has completed almost 20 years. This means the youths who will be voting for the first time in the upcoming elections, have only seen the BJP government. The present youth of Madhya Pradesh are lucky that they have not witnessed the bad governance of the Congress government… Congress turned the state into ‘Bimaru Rajya’… BJP has tried to take the state to a new level with new energy… Youths here have only seen the development work and good governance of the BJP government,” he said. The mega meet of BJP workers was organised on the birth anniversary of Jana Sangh co-founder Deendayal Upadhyaya to mark the formal culmination of the BJP's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatras' that crisscrossed the length and breadth of the state.
Modi also targeted Rahul Gandhi without taking his name, saying for Congress leaders born with a silver spoon, “the life of poor people is like an adventure tourism and picnic and the poor person's agri field is a place for video shooting and photo session”.
He also slammed Congress for criticising the BJP over the construction of the new Parliament building, quality roads and modern stations.
“Congress spreads negativity. They don't like the achievements of the nation. They want to take the country back to the 20th Century,” Modi said, adding the Congress destroyed the states ruled by it with crores of corruption.
The Prime Minister said the Congress had opposed the digital payment system but the world is now impressed by the UPI mode.