Delhi needs a Govt that gives direction, doesn’t resort to blame game: Modi
Addressing his second election rally in Dwarka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and said Delhi needs a Government that can give direction and doesn’t resort to blame game.
Accusing the AAP for not implementing Central Government’s Ayushman scheme for the poor, Modi said Delhi people are in favour of the BJP and the Opposition parties are having sleepless nights. “The upcoming Delhi elections are the first election of this decade. This decade will belong to India. India’s development will depend on the decisions taken today. People have seen how the AAP Government practises the politics of hate,” Modi said.
Taking a jibe at the AAP Government, Modi said political differences are common among parties, and questioned “is it fine to block the development work for the poor due to these differences? This is what the people in Delhi are witnessing today”.
Referring to non-implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme, Modi said, “Suppose a person who goes to Hyderabad for work needs to be admitted to hospital. Will this Mohalla Clinic go there?”
He asked, “Why the people of Delhi are deprived of benefits of the Central Government’s schemes for housing and health.”
The PM said Delhi could not be developed due to politics of vote bank and hate. “One should have intention of serving the poor and take tough decisions to work for development,” the PM said.
“People in the Delhi Government raised questions over surgical strikes and Balakot airstrikes by our forces. I have full faith in people of Delhi that they will give reply to such people,” Modi said.
“For the last five years, the way the Central Government has been working is unprecedented; since Independence this has never happened,” said the Prime Minister.
“The number of bank accounts opened for the poor has outnumbered the population of the US; Ayushman Bharat scheme benefited the number of people that outnumbers the combined population of Mexico, Canada and the US,” PM Modi said.
The PM said that over 1,700 illegal colonies have been regularised. How can Delhi forget the subject of right to homes to 40 lakh people? Without taking the name of the AAP, he said that those in power in the national Capital, “were trying to somehow avoid this matter for another two years”.
In Dwarka, Prime Minister Modi raised the issue of the amended Citizenship law and said, “Delhi needs a Government that will stand by the Central Government on major decisions like CAA. You must punish those who insult our forces. The Delhi Government is spreading lies on the issue and the Opposition is provoking the people against the CAA.”
Highlighting the commitments fulfilled by his Government, the PM said that the Government had started a scheme to provide monthly pension of Rs 3,000 for senior citizens and also, our Government had completed Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressway work, which was stuck for years. “We are trying to introduce ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme to ensure that people who migrate to other States for work are not deprived of benefits,” he added.