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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday tore into the Congress party, saying it has hurled abuses at him 91 times for what he insisted was due to its “sources” of corruption being shut by him and said all such criticism would lead to the people giving the BJP another mandate in the poll-bound Karnataka.
As per ANI report, On a busy day of electioneering that saw the PM address back-to-back rallies and take out a mega roadshow ahead of the May 10 assembly polls in the state, he also strongly pitched for majority for the BJP, which despite emerging as the single largest party in 2008 and 2018, could not form a government on its own, but did so with the backing of MLAs from opposition ranks who switched loyalty to it, besides Independents.
On his first visit to the State for campaigning after elections were declared on March 29, he gave a new slogan ‘Ee baariya nirdhara, Bahumatada BJP Sarkara’ (This time’s decision; majority BJP government), stressing on the party coming back to power with a full majority.
Targeting Congress over its president M Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘venomous snake’ barb at him, Modi said the party and its leaders have hurled at him different types of abuses 91 times till now.
He also accused the grand old party of abusing the dominant Lingayat community in the state and said Congress had not spared even B R Ambedkar and its leaders were engaged in abusing Veer Savarkar. People will respond to their abuses with votes, he said.
The Congress hates everyone who speaks about the common man, who brings out their corruption, who attacks their politics of selfishness. “Congress’ hate against such people will become permanent. In this election too, the Congress once again has started abusing me.” Addressing a public rally at Humnabad in Bidar district, he said, “Someone has made a list of such abuses against me and it has been sent to me. Till now, Congress people have abused me 91 times with different types. Had Congress people put efforts in good governance and boosting the morale of its workers, instead of wasting time on this dictionary of abuses, it would not have been in such a pathetic plight.” Congress was abusing him, as he has shut all its sources of corruption. “Modi has shut the ways for Congress’ corruption. Congress means corruption.
While Congress’ account has ‘Corruption Kaal’, there is ‘Amrit Kaal’ (golden period) in BJP’s account. Congress is worried as all its sources (of corruption) have been shut, so they are chanting ‘Modi teri kabar khudegi’ (Modi, your grave will be dug). While Congress is busy digging Modi’s grave, people are ensuring lotus blooms,” he said.
