Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged people of Gujarat to support development and vote for the BJP in the upcoming elections. In a scathing attack on the Congress party, Shri Modi said that just for power, Congress divided people on the lines of caste, community, urban-rural.
Speaking at a public meeting in Bharuch, PM Modi pointed out how the Congress was recently wiped out completely in the Uttar Pradesh civic body elections. “In Uttar Pradesh, where the Congress ruled for decades, the state from where generations of top Congress leaders belong...we saw what happened there in the local elections. Congress was wiped out. UP knows the Congress well and so does Gujarat”, he added furthermore.
The PM said, “Bharuch and Kutch are districts with significant Muslim populations. If you see the districts which developed rapidly under the BJP tenure in Gujarat, the names of these two districts figure prominently.”
PM Modi lambasted on the Congress party for running away from welfare of people in Gujarat. He remarked, “When there were floods in Banaskantha, Congress leaders were in Bengaluru to save 1 leader from losing a Rajya Sabha poll. That same leader is the topmost Congress leader but what did he do for Bharuch? He was unable to work for Narmada; neither did he think about Ro-Ro ferry.”
He also blamed the Congress for poor law and order in the state when they were in power. “Do you remember the poor law and order situation in Bharuch when Congress was in power? Curfews and violence was common here. BJP changed this, not only in Bharuch but all over Gujarat”, Shri Modi said.
Speaking about bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the PM said, “My problem with Congress politics is simple- they oppose us just for the sake of opposing. They oppose things like bullet train only because they could not take this initiative forward and are envious someone else is.”
Addressing a rally in Surendranagar, PM Modi spoke about Maharashtra Congress Secretary Shehzad Poonawalla’s comment attacking Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and the party's senior leadership for 'rigging' the party’s presidential poll process. “Those who have no internal democracy can't work for people. I want to tell youngster Shehzad that he has done a brave thing but this is sadly what has always happened in the Congress… It was the Congress which made the nation a prison. Media had to ask Indira Ji before publishing something. So, what Shehzad is saying is not unusual, but it is the Congress culture”, said the PM.
At a public meeting in Rajkot, Shri Modi highlighted India’s jump in the recent ‘World Bank Ease of Doing Business Rankings’. He also spoke about how global rating agencies were upbeat about the country’s growing economy. Taking a jibe at the previous UPA government he said, “For ten years the country was run by those who had degrees from Harvard but after we came to power, our hard-work has shown results.”
He added, “India's rise in the world stage has rattled many. They are going out of the way to discredit the rankings. Yes that is fine but will they also discredit the people of UP who have rejected them comprehensively.”
“Be it corruption, casteism, communalism or nepotism, it is the Congress which is associated with these evils. The youth are not ready to accept the Congress”, alleged the PM.
The Prime Minister said that Congress leaders were in tears on demonetisation because they lost all that they had looted from the poor. He shed light on how demonetisation proved to be a major attack on shell companies that were running in the country.
The PM also spoke at length about several welfare schemes which were transforming lives of people like Housing for All, distribution of LED bulbs at subsidised prices and Mudra Yojana.
Through your vote, I request you to support the development journey of our nation: PM @narendramodi at the rally in Bharuch
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
In Uttar Pradesh, where the Congress ruled for decades, the state from where generations of top Congress leaders belong...we saw what happened there in the local elections. Congress was wiped out. UP knows the Congress well and so does Gujarat: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
Congress strategy is to divide people- divide people on lines of caste, community, urban-rural...all this just for power: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
Bharuch and Kutch are districts with significant Muslim populations. And, if you see the districts which developed rapidly under the BJP tenure in Gujarat, the names of these two districts figure prominently: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
When there were floods in Banaskantha, Congress leaders were in Bengaluru to save 1 leader from losing a Rajya Sabha poll. That same leader is the topmost Congress leader but what did he do for Bharuch. He was unable to work for Narmada, neither did he think about ro-ro ferry: PM
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
My problem with Congress politics is simple- they oppose us just for the sake of opposing. They oppose things like bullet train only because they could not take this initiative forward and are envious someone else is: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
Do you remember the poor law and order situation in Bharuch when Congress was in power? Curfews and violence was common here. BJP changed this, not only in Bharuch but all over Gujarat: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
A few days back in Navsari I had said there are 3 polls whose results are certain- the UP local polls, Gujarat polls where I said BJP will win and the INC President election where 1 family will win. We saw what happened in UP: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
A youngster Shehzad has exposed the rigging that is taking place in the Congress President Poll. And Shehzad is a senior Congress leader in Maharashtra. Congress has tried to muzzle his voice and wants to even remove him from their social media groups. What tolerance is this: PM
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
Those who have no internal democracy can't work for people. I want to tell this youngster Shehzad- you have done a brave thing but this is sadly what has always happened in the Congress: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
It was the Congress which made the nation a prison. Media had to ask Indira Ji before publishing something. So, what the youngster Shehzad is saying is not unusual it is the Congress culture: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
Water scarcity in Surendranagar is now history. The BJP has got the Narmada waters here and helped farmers: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
Congress has no worry for Gujarat. They prefer resorts in Bengaluru: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
My Gods are 125 crore Indians. I am serving them: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
The biggest disservice to Gujarat by the Congress was to divide communities. Congress ensured people earlier friendly were divided: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
My connect with Rajkot is special. It from here that I won my first ever election: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
India's rise in the world stage has rattled many. They are going out of the way to discredit the rankings. Yes that is fine but will they also discredit the people of UP who have rejected them comprehensively: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
Be it corruption, casteism, communalism or nepotism, it is the Congress which is associated with these evils. The youth are not ready to accept the Congress: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
In every indicator be it health, education, agriculture the progress of Gujarat under BJP has been better than under previous Congress governments in the state: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
ભાજપને સેવા કરવાની તક મળી એ પહેલાનું ગુજરાત અને એ પછીનું ગુજરાત એ બેની સરખામણી ન કરીએ તો ખબર જ ન પડે કે આપણે ક્યાંથી ક્યાં પહોંચ્યા છીએ.એક સમયે ગુજરાતનું બજેટ 10,000 કરોડ હતું જે આજે 1,71,000 કરોડ છે. અર્થકારણ આટલું ધમધમતું કઇ રીતે થયું, આટલો ઝડપી વિકાસ કઇ રીતે શક્ય બન્યો?:મોદી
— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) December 3, 2017
એ વખતે ગુજરાતની રેવન્યૂ 8,600 કરોડ હતી આજે 1,23,000 કરોડ છે, એ વખતે 18,00 કરોડ શિક્ષણ પાછળ અપાતા હતા આજે 22,000 કરોડ, આરોગ્ય પાછળ 470 કરોડ વાપરતા હતા અમે 9,000 કરોડ વાપરીએ છીએ, ખનીજ ઉદ્યોગ કારોબાર લગભગ 80,000નો કરોડ હતો, અમારા સમયે 12,71,000 કરોડ:રાજકોટમાં મોદી
— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) December 3, 2017
Do you remember how expensive LED bulbs were when Congress was in power: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017
Congress leaders are in tears on demonetisation. That is because they have lost all that they had looted from the poor: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) December 3, 2017