Balod (Chhattisgarh)/ Sundargarh (Odisha): Five days before the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sought a big mandate for the BJP and launched a multi-pronged attack on the Congress, targeting it for its reluctance to hit terror camps in Pakistan, using poverty as a major political weapon and attempting to dilute the powers of the armed forces.
“Terrorists and Maoists will be let off the hook with such measures. It is against the interest of the internal security of the country as well as our defence forces,” he said.
The PM accused the Congress of always using poverty as a major political weapon and said the best remedy to eradicate poverty was to do away with that party.
“I want to tell you about the conspiracy of the Congress to rob the assistance meant for the poor. The Congress wants to implement such policies which will double the prices of essential items, including rice and wheat available through PDS,” he said.
He spiced up his election speech at the two political rallies with famous quotes from former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and virtuous terms and terminologies to woo voters.
At the Sundargarh meeting, he repeated Vajpayee’s famous quote “Andhera chatega, suraj niklega, Kamal khilega” (Sun will shine to end darkness, and Lotus will bloom) and gave a clarion call to bring BJP to power and build a “majboot” (strong) Odisha.
