Coimbatore: Kickstarting the BJP’s campaign for the crucial Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress for its “loud campaign of lies” and stalling pro- poor laws and schemes in the country.
Addressing a massive rally at the Codissia grounds in Coimbatore, a potential citadel of the saffron party, the Prime Minister critised the principal opposition, Congress and spared regional parties.
In the last 18 months of the BJP government, there has not been a single case of corruption or multi-crore scandal.
“So, the Opposition is worried. So, they are spreading lies loud and continuous against the government”.
Amid Opposition, the BJP government is striving to bring pro poor laws and welfare schemes.
“But they get stalled in Rajya Sabha. There are 1,800 laws that are against the interests of common public. Despite opposition in the Rajya Sabha, the BJP has managed to eliminate 700 laws,” Modi said, in his first political rally in Tamil Nadu after taking over as Prime Minister.
Perhaps in a veiled reference to the stir over the suicide of a Dalit student in Hyderabad University, the Prime Minister said that the Opposition parties are worried that Dalits may go behind the BJP due to its pro Dalit schemes.
“So, the Opposition is spreading rumours to instigate the Dalits against the government.”
The Congress which claims to be pro-poor and pro-backward classes is yet to accept a son of a poor mother becoming the Prime Minister, he said.
During the Congress rule, the country was ridden with corruption and multi-crore scams. People had lost hope and were in throes of despair over the string of scams.
“It was only after BJP took over did people gain their lost confidence and hope.
Yet, some parties are upset as to how a poor mother’s son, a ‘chaiwala’ could become the Prime Minister. They are unable to digest my growth and their defeat and unable to accept the achievements of the government,” he said to a rousing applause from the crowd comprising a large number of youth.
