Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a scathing attack on the dynasts for always adopting negative politics, saying that with such pessimistic and narrow-minded thinking they could neither do good for the people nor for the country.
He was addressing his last election meeting just a few hours before the end of campaigning for the final phase of assembly elections at Khajuri in Mirza Murad area here on Saturday afternoon.
“They always see negativity even in the matters relating to the interests of the nation due to their anti-Modi approaches,” the prime minister said and added that when the entire world was passing through century’s biggest pandemic for almost two years and the country had decided to provide free indigenously invented vaccine to all the people, instead of praising the government, they often criticised the vaccination drive, raising their eyebrows.
“They even opposed our traditional knowledge of yoga and AYUSH, without worrying about the health of the people, only because I made sincere efforts to promote the same across the world,” Modi said.
Going further, he said that the party which had used Khadi a lot for its political gains often showed its frustration through the reactions when I made efforts to establish Khadi as an international brand.
“Only in the Varanasi division, just five years ago, the Khadi business was of Rs 90 crore but now it has almost doubled and crossed Rs 170 crore, providing jobs to our poor villagers but these rival parties never hailed such initiatives,” he said.
“Let us forget it, they did not even say anything when the country was celebrating the 75 years of its Independence,” Modi said, adding that when the people were feeling proud recalling the contributions of our freedom fighters, these rival parties were busy making comments.
“Did I do anything wrong by giving the call for vocal for local?” he said and asked the people about his mistake by requesting the people to promote Banarasi sarees, toys and other traditional articles of the weavers and artisans of the area.
He also expressed concern over the silence of opposition parties when a nation-wide drive for construction of toilets and cleanliness was launched.
“Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas is not just our slogan, it is our commitment because right from distribution of tickets during the elections to the formation of ministries, the Bharatiya Janata Party always gives proper representations to all the sections,” Modi said, and added that the party would continue to work with the same philosophy even after March 10 when it would return to the power in the state.
“Then the pace of our development work, providing pucca houses to the poor, construction of roads, bridges, flyovers and expressways and action against mafia would be intensified further,” the prime minister said.
Targeting his gun on the dynasts, Modi said, “These leaders who were born with silver spoons and never saw poverty, cannot feel the pains of the poor and whenever they come to power they give patronage to the mafia to grab the land of the poor and Dalits. Besides, they also always do their own development, instead of looking after the people.”
He further criticised the dynasts for doing everything else which was not in their poll manifesto and asked, “Did they ever tell the people that if they come to power they will put the state in the flames of riots.”
The prime minister promised the people that if the double-engine government returned to power in UP, it would double its benefits to the poor and every needy people.