Team News Riveting
Lucknow, April 6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually equated the Congress with the Muslim League and said the grand old party’s election manifesto reflects the same thought as that of the Muslim League at the time of the freedom movement.
Addressing an election rally in Saharanpur, Modi said the Congress, which existed at the time of the freedom movement, has “ended decades ago”. “A number of great personalities were associated with the Congress. The name of Mahatma Gandhi was associated with the Congress. The Congress, which is left today, neither has policies in the interest of the nation nor vision for the nation’s development,” he added.
The Prime Minister said the kind of election manifesto released yesterday had proved that today’s Congress was completely cut off from the hopes and aspirations of today’s India. The Congress is not visible even remotely, he added.
Taking a jibe at the Samajwadi Party, which is a member of the INDIA bloc and an election partner of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, the Prime Minister said: “The situation of SP (Samajwadi Party) in Uttar Pradesh is such that here they have to change their candidates every hour, whereas the situation of Congress is even more strange. The Congress is not getting candidates at all.”
“Even on the seats, which the Congress considered as its stronghold, it is not able to muster the courage to field candidates,” he said while referring to the Congress strongholds of Amethi and Rae Bareli. “INDI alliance has become another name for instability and uncertainty,” the Prime Minister added.
