Hyderabad: Modi Attacks Congress, TMC, Says Bengal Rejected Dangerous Model
He urges fuel conservation, pitches work-from-home amid global energy concerns
Hyderabad: Addressing a rally in Hyderabad, the Prime Minister accused Congress of divisive politics, said West Bengal voters rejected a “dangerous political model,” urged citizens to conserve fuel and foreign exchange, and reiterated the Centre’s commitment to Hyderabad’s development.
Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Indian National Congress, All India Trinamool Congress and Left parties, alleging that voters in West Bengal had decisively rejected a political model rooted in corruption, dynastic rule and authoritarianism.
Modi said the outcome in West Bengal was more than a change in government and represented the defeat of a system that had kept people “bound in the chains of slavery.”
He alleged that Congress had fostered corruption, family-based politics and weakened constitutional institutions, and said the Trinamool Congress inherited these traits while also adopting what he described as the worst practices of the Left. According to Modi, this resulted in what he called one of the most dangerous models in Indian politics.
In a further attack on Congress, the Prime Minister accused the party of becoming the principal vehicle of divisive politics in the country. He claimed that Congress had moved further left than Left parties and adopted increasingly hardline positions, remarking that some people were referring to it as “MMC” or “Muslim League Maoist Congress.”
Modi also underlined the Union government’s commitment to the growth of Hyderabad, saying the Centre was working to ensure that the city progressed at the same pace as a developed India. He noted that he had just laid the foundation stone for infrastructure and development projects worth thousands of crores in Telangana.
Referring to economic challenges, Modi called on citizens to revive practices such as work-from-home, online meetings and video conferencing where possible to reduce fuel consumption. He said conserving petrol and diesel would help save valuable foreign exchange at a time when global energy prices remain high.
The Prime Minister said the BJP’s recent electoral victories in West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry reflected growing public faith in the party’s development model and expressed confidence that Telangana, too, was moving toward political change.
