While addressing his first rally ahead of the Haryana assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kurukshetra said the people here have already decided to bring the BJP back to power for a third term.
Hitting out at Congress, PM Modi criticised the party and its leaders for spreading "falsehoods and anarchy" in the country.
"Today's Congress has become a new (naya roop) form of urban Naxal. They do not feel any shame in speaking lies," Modi said. "When their lie is caught, they still feel no shame. The Congress speaks a new lie daily. It is attacking the country's unity regularly and is imposing 'Naxalwadi vichar' (Naxal thoughts)."
Modi also blamed Congress for not doing anything for farmers. The party’s ‘royal family’ intends to end reservation for Dalits.
#WATCH | Kurukshetra, Haryana: PM Narendra Modi says, "Appeasement is the biggest goal for Congress. Today the situation has become such that even Ganpati is being put behind bars in the Congress-ruled state of Karnataka. The whole country is celebrating Ganesh Utsav today and… pic.twitter.com/pRGKVVgCT0
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"If there is anybody who is the biggest anti-Dalit, anti-OBC and anti-tribal in the country, it is the Congress family. They have now said that if they come to power, they will end reservations for Dalits and the downtrodden. It is the truth of this family," he said.
Meanwhile, Modi praised Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini for his humility and dedication. He also highlighted the Saini government’s work in the state.
#WATCH | Kurukshetra, Haryana: PM Narendra Modi says, "This (Gandhi) family has always insulted OBCs, Dalits and Tribals. When Nehru ji was the Prime Minister, he opposed reservation. He wrote a letter to the CMs of the states, proof of which is available. Not only this, Nehru ji… pic.twitter.com/kFhGJ6GJBK
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Chief Minister Saini and other BJP leaders from the state were present at the rally.
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Pointing out the present state in Himachal Pradesh, where Congress is in power, Modi said no citizen of Himachal is happy now. “Congress spoke lies and did not fulfil its promises,” he said.
"Government employees there have to go on strike for salaries. They are not getting their dearness allowances. Recruitments are not taking place.. they have to close schools and colleges. They had promised Rs 1,500 to every woman. The women continue to wait. Power, water, petrol, diesel, milk have become dearer in Himachal," he said.
Modi blamed Congress for inflation and corruption in Karnataka too. "The Congress is showing how prosperous states are destroyed."
While attacking the Hooda family and the Congress government in Haryana, Modi said, “We have seen that period of the Congress government when money for development used to be limited to one district only. Not only that, in whose pockets that money used to go? Everyone in Haryana knows that.”
Haryana polls for the 90 assembly seats will be held on October 5 and the votes will be counted on October 8.
