New Delhi, Feb 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday strongly attacked the Congress saying that it has not been able to win an election in several states including Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu for decades due to its policies and since it “has made up its mind not to come to power for next 100 years, maine bhi tyaari kar li hai (I have also prepared for it).”
Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s Address in the Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister launched a no-holds-barred attack on the Congress, and said the Britishers have gone but the party has made the “divide and rule” policy its character and has become the “leader of the tukde-tukde gang”.
Modi said the Congress’ “arrogance” has not gone away despite multiple electoral defeats and its “misdeeds” seem to indicate that it has made up its mind not to come to power for the next 100 years.
The PM said the Congress “crossed all limits” during the COVID pandemic.
During the first wave, when people were following lockdowns and COVID norms, the Congress was standing at Mumbai Station and scaring innocent labourers into fleeing to their native states, he said. “You have committed a big sin,” he added.
During his nearly 100-minute speech, he accused Congress of opposing government schemes for the sake of opposition.
“You can oppose me, but why are you (Congress) opposing the Fit India Movement and other schemes? No wonder you were voted out in many states years ago…I think you have made up your mind not to come to power for the next 100 years,” he said.
The Congress was winning elections since 1971 on the slogan “eradicate poverty”, however, poverty didn’t end but people ousted that party, Modi said.
“The question is not about elections, it is about intentions. Despite being in power for 50 years, why are the people of the country repeatedly rejecting them? Wherever people have taken the right path, they did not allow you (Congress) to enter again,” he said. (PTI)
