New Delhi/Mathura: Kicking off the first of 200 rallies to mark the first anniversary of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took on the UPA and vociferously countered attempts by the Congress-led Opposition to brand him “anti-poor” and “anti-farmer”.
Presenting his government’s one-year report card, the PM asserted it had not only “arrested corruption” but also freed the country of “bure din, bure karm, bure niyat”. While the PM’s machinery had worked hard to highlight “major achievements in one year”, some reports and the Opposition’s efforts to paint it dark seemed to have rattled the administration.
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At the birthplace of one of BJP’s tallest leaders, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, at Mathura’s Nangla Chandrabhan, Mr Modi took it upon himself to answer all the charges. His main thrust was on providing a corruption-free government and a country that was on the move. He said if the UPA-2 government had lasted one more year, the nation would have been “ruined”.
Corruption: He Recalled former PM Rajiv Gandhi who said 15 paisa of each rupee reaches villages and said the NDA ensured 100 paisa reached beneficiaries.
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Achche din: I did not give guarantee of ‘achche din’ for those who looted the nation for years. We will run the country in a way that there will be more ‘bure din’ for them and their troubles will increase. Your money can’t be looted by anyone.
On the UPA’s scams: Mr Modi said now there were no stories of scams involving “son-in-law or a son” of a political leader, in a reference to Robert Vadra.
