Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn’t hold back in his criticism of Rahul Gandhi during a rally at Nanded in Maharashtra. Taking a dig at the Congress leader, PM Modi asserted that after facing defeat in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi, known as “Congress’s sahabzade”, would also lose the Wayanad seat in Kerala during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing a crowd gathered to support BJP candidates from Nanded and Hingoli seats, PM Modi highlighted the overwhelming support for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) observed in the first phase of polling.
PM Modi’s remarks about Rahul Gandhi losing Wayanad echoed the sentiment that the Congress leader might need to search for a safer political stronghold following the April 26 elections.
In a veiled reference to Sonia Gandhi and other leaders, PM Modi remarked that some leaders opted to exit the Lok Sabha and seek refuge in the Rajya Sabha due to their reluctance to contest elections, implying a lack of courage among certain political figures.
“For the first time, the family will not vote for a Congress candidate in the constituency where they live as there is no party candidate there,” he said.
PM Modi said he has spent 10 years fixing the bad governance of the Congress regimes adding, “A lot of work needs to be done.”
The Congress has been a barrier in the development of farmers and poor people, he alleged.
“The agriculture crisis did not happen now. It happened because of the flawed policies of Congress,” commented PM Modi.
Targeting the INDIA bloc, he said it has no face to project and people do not know whom to entrust the country’s future.
“They may claim anything, but the reality is that Congress leaders have accepted defeat even before the announcement of polls,” he said.
He termed the Opposition alliance a grouping of selfish people, who have come together to protect their corrupt practices.
The PM appealed to voters to come out in large numbers to exercise their voting right in the Lok Sabha elections.
“You are not doing any favour by voting. You are securing the country’s future. I want to boost the morale of the party workers from the opposition. You (Opposition leaders) are sure to lose the polls, but you will get a chance some day. But you must appeal to voters to vote,” he said.
PM Modi said the INDIA bloc constituents were contesting the elections against each other in 25 per cent seats.
“After (the election results on) June 4, they will be fighting more with each other,” said the Indian Premiere adding without the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, what fate would have befallen Sikhs who came from Afghanistan.
The NDA under PM Modi is seeking a stronger majority for a third consecutive term, while the constituents of the opposition INDIA bloc are hoping for a rebound after facing reverses in the 2014 and 2019 elections.
