Modi: Karnataka Assembly Elections: Did PM Modi kill two birds with one stone by visiting Rajasthan on Wednesday? , India News – Times of India

New Delhi: Even Karnataka Voting to elect a new government on Wednesday, the prime minister Narendra Modi Visited Rajasthan, where elections are due later this year, and lashed out at them Congress, While sounding the poll bugle in Rajasthan, the Prime Minister seems to have also sent a message to the voters of Karnataka through his two speeches in the border state.
Referring to the Karnataka Assembly polls, he said the Congress wanted to use the ongoing infighting in Sudan to its advantage in the poll-bound southern state. Heremove poverty‘ (poverty alleviation) slogan was cited as “one of the biggest frauds” perpetrated in the country in the early 1970s. The Congress refused to react to the PM’s allegations.
Modi in Nathdwara
First, speaking at an official event after the launch of several initiatives worth over Rs 5,500 crore in Rajasthan’s Nathdwara in the presence of the Chief Minister, he targeted the opposition party. Ashok Gehlot And others from the Congress party include state assembly speaker CP Joshi.
“The central government’s schemes have given a new impetus to the (country’s) economy. But friends, some people in our country have fallen prey to such perverted ideology, and they are filled with so much negativity that they do not want to see anything good happening in the country. He only likes to create controversy. Modi said amid loud applause from the audience.
“You all must have heard some people preaching that priority should be given to flour or data and road or satellite. But history is witness that apart from infrastructure, it is also necessary to create modern infra. Sustainable and fast development.”
The Prime Minister further said, ‘Those who weigh the votes on the scales at every step can never make any plan keeping in mind the future of the country. We see on many occasions that the water tank installed in the village or the roads and highways built at various places become inadequate in four-five years. Because of such thinking, infrastructure development was not given priority in our country. The country has suffered a lot due to this. If adequate number of medical colleges were built earlier, there would have been no shortage of doctors in the country. Had the electrification of the railway line been done earlier, thousands of crores of rupees would not have been spent on this work.
Continuing his attack on Congress leaders, Modi said, “Those who are full of negativity neither have vision nor can they think beyond political selfishness.” He said that people with negative thinking will unite to defeat someone who is known for social service.
He decried the short-term approach of creating small assets that fall short of rapidly growing needs. He said that due to this thinking, the country had to pay a heavy price for building infrastructure.
“Rajasthan has suffered greatly due to the lack of a futuristic vision for infrastructure in the country”, the Prime Minister remarked, adding that the difficulties faced by people were not limited to traveling from one place to another, but included Agriculture was also involved. , trade and Industry.
Noting that the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana was started in 2000 during the then Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee, Modi pointed out that till 2014, about 3 lakh 80 thousand kilometers of rural roads had been built, while the current government had built about 3 lakh. 50 thousand kilometers of roads were built. in the last nine years. Out of this, 70 thousand kilometers of rural roads were built in the villages of Rajasthan itself. “Now most of the villages in the country are connected by pucca roads,” he said.
Modi on Abu Road
shortly thereafter, PM Modi addressed a political rally organized by BJP On Abu Road. There he took the name of Congress and criticized it fiercely. Taking a dig at the five guarantees by the Congress to the voters of Karnataka, Modi said the party had guaranteed poverty alleviation 50 years ago.
He was referring to the ‘garibi hatao’ (remove poverty) slogan of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi, given in the early 1970s. Modi called ‘garibi hatao’ “one of the biggest frauds” of the Congress.
PM Modi also lashed out at the Congress over the unrest in Sudan. He said that the Congress had planned to use the internal unrest in the African country to its advantage in the Karnataka assembly elections. He said that the central government is engaged in the safe evacuation hakki picky The Congress exposed the tribal community of India living in Sudan by naming them and demanding their protection.
“The Congress leaders wanted that even if a member of the Hakki Pikki community gets shot, they would get a chance to raise it against the central government in the Karnataka assembly elections. But they did not realize that Modi is at the helm of the government who can go to any extent to save the people of the country.
Voting took place in Karnataka between 7 am and 6 pm. PM Modi addressed two rallies in Rajasthan while voting was going on in Karnataka.