Cong is dying and Pakistan is crying: PM Modi

03/05/2024

ANAND (Gujarat), May 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a dig at the Congress for claiming to defend the Constitution and mocked the grand old party's fortune which he said bears its reflection in Pakistan's fate.
Addressing a huge public gathering in Anand, Gujarat, the PM said: "Look at the coincidence, today Congress is getting weaker in India. The funny thing is that here Congress is dying and there Pakistan is crying. Now Pakistani leaders are praying for Congress.
"Pakistan is eager to make the 'prince' the Prime Minister. And the Congress is already a fan of Pakistan.This partnership between Pakistan and Congress has now been completely exposed."
He said while Modi has been busy "realising Sardar Saheb's dream of uniting the country, the Congress is busy dividing the country, Congress wants to create fights in the society".
"Before the arrival of Modi, there were 2 constitutions and 2 flags in this country," he said, adding a jibe at Rahul Gandhi without taking his name, "The prince's party Congress and his family members did not allow the Constitution to be implemented in the country.
"The Constitution of India was not applicable in Kashmir. Article 370 was sitting like a wall," he said reminding the audience of the Congress' rule, when the country faced the fate of two Constitutions and two flags one for Jammu and Kashmir and the other for rest of India.
Taking full credit of the abrogation in 2019, Modi said: "This son from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's land demolished Article 370 and paid tribute to Sardar Saheb. Sardar sahab left too early, and the country has suffered a great loss because of him. I have it in my mind that I should try to fulfil Sardar Saheb's dreams.
He targeted the Congress and its "prince" for "dancing with the Constitution on their heads", and said that the partyshould answer: "Why the Constitution was not implemented in all parts of India for 75 years?"
Because of Congress, PM Modi said there were various kinds of tamperings with the Constitution of the country for decades.
Modi said while Congress' decades-long rule was a "reign", Modi's decade has been one of "service to the nation".
"That was the reign, this is the decade of service. Today the whole country is saying with confidence - Modi government once again," said the prime minister to a rousing crowd as he counted his government's achievement since 2014.
"In 2014, when you sent your son from Gujarat to Delhi and ordered him to serve the country, at that time the Prime Minister of the country was a very learned economist. When he left, the country was the 11th largest economy in the world.
"In 10 years, this Gujarati tea seller took the country's economy to the 5th position," he said.
"In 60 years, Congress nationalised the banks, took over the banks and said that banks should be for the poor. Despite nationalizing the banks in the name of the poor, the Congress government could not open bank accounts of crores of poor people in 60 years."
He said: "Modi opened more than 50 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts in 10 years."
"During 60 years of Congress rule, around 60% of the rural population did not have toilets. In 10 years, the BJP government built 100% toilets.
"In 60 years, Congress was able to provide tap water facility to only 3 crore rural households in the country, that is, to less than 20% of the households.
"In just 10 years, the number of houses with tap water has reached 14 crore, that is, 75% of the houses have tap water. The country has seen the rule of Congress for 60 years.
"Now the country has also seen 10 years of service of BJP."
All 26 Gujarat Lok Sabha seats were scheduled to vote on May 7. One of the 26, the Surat seat has been won by BJP uncontested as the Congress' nomination was rejected.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said the ongoing Lok Sabha elections were not for satisfying his personal ambitions, but for fulfilling his “mission.”
A strong and stable government was important not only for the country but also for the world, he said at a poll rally in Junagadh in Gujarat.
“These elections are not for my ambition, as people have fulfilled that ambition in 2014. The 2024 elections are for Modi’s mission,” the PM said.
Accusing the opposition Congress of having a “dangerous mentality”, Modi said its manifesto is written in the language of Muslim League.
For Congress, this election was all about saving its existence and the party was taking help of its “Mazhabi vote bank” to stay afloat, the prime minister claimed.
In his address, he challenged the Congress to restore Article 370 in Jammu-Kashmir, abolish the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the law that bans triple talaq.
“I have buried Article 370. It is gone now. I want to challenge the Congress’ royal family and its ‘shehzada’ (a jibe at the Gandhi family and Rahul Gandhi) that if it is your hidden agenda, then come out in the open and tell people you will restore Article 370,” he said.
“I want to see how much courage they (Congress) have to insult the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar. You (Congress) will fail because this (standing in your way) is Modi,” the PM asserted.
Referring to the controversy surrounding the Katchatheevu island, he said during the Congress rule, the Union government had no idea about the exact number of islands India had.
“I then got a satellite survey done and found that we have 1,300 islands. Some of them are as big as Singapore. We will develop some of them for tourism purposes,” said Modi.
A Congress leader had recently spoken about separating south India and forming a new nation, while those in the opposition INDI alliance also make statements on similar lines, he said.
“Congress leaders have inherited this mentality of partition. It was the Congress which accepted the country’s partition for the sake of power,” he said.
The Congress had gifted Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka nearly 30 years ago as it was their personal property, he said.
“If Sardar Patel was not present, Junagadh would have gone to Pakistan. The Congress will create a dangerous situation for the country if it comes to power. They may give away the Kutch desert claiming no one lives there,” he said.
The Congress just does not care and had given away several uninhabited islands, the PM pointed out, adding “if given a free hand” that party will “sell off the Himalayan peaks”.
Attacking Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over a recent remark pertaining to Lord Ram and Lord Shiva, the PM said the opposition party had declared this election is a fight against Lord Ram.
“The Congress president said his objective was to defeat Lord Ram and that Lord Shiva will defeat Lord Ram. What are they thinking? The Mughals destroyed Ram Temple in Ayodhya and Somnath Temple with this same mentality,” the PM asserted.
Speaking about reservation for Muslims, Modi said after Independence it was decided following careful deliberations that religion-based quotas would not be given.
“Those deliberations went on for months. And no BJP or RSS leader was in the picture. Learned Congress leaders as well as Babasaheb Ambedkar took part in the discussion. After deliberations, they decided reservation will not be granted on the basis of religion,” he said.
The Congress now wants to snatch such quota and give it to others, Modi said.

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