BHUBANESWAR: With the massive victories in Haryana and Maharashtra infusing fresh wind in BJP’s sails, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched an all-out attack on the Opposition political parties accusing them of spreading lies and rumours, and even plotting against the country to grab power by any means.
Addressing a grand public reception accorded to him on his arrival on a three-day visit to the state capital, Modi said, the consistent failures over the last 10 years have filled the Opposition with anger.
“Those who consider power as their birthright are out of office at the Centre for the last one decade. But after their failures, they are so angry that they are conspiring against the country. They have also started turning their anger on the people of the country,” he said.
The prime minister said, political differences are the essence of democracy. Parties try to reach out to the people with their policies through various means including agitation, which is normal. “I have worked as CM and PM for so many years and have encountered political differences in many forms. But in the recent times there has been a big change. Attempts are now being made to destroy the Constitution and tarnish the image of democracy,” he alleged.
Modi said the Opposition has now begun to spread lies, and more lies. “When lies of these forces fail to influence the people, they come up with another lie. These people do not also hesitate to lie even to the office-bearers and workers of their own political parties to hide their failures,” he said.
Stating that the activities of such persons have continued for the last 50-60 years, the prime minister said they have now intensified their misdirected campaign. “Unke jhut aur afwah ke dukan 50-60 salon se chal rahi he. Ab unhone iss abhijan ko aur tej kar diye hein,” he said and called upon the people of the country to remain alert and expose them.
The prime minister said the objective of such parties is to grab power so that the gang that looted the country, by wearing different masks, again gets the opportunity.
“In 2019, the chowkidar who was a thief for them turned imandar (honest) in 2024. They could not utter the word thief against him even once,” he said.
Stating that the victory march which started in Odisha earlier this year has spread to Haryana, Maharashtra and other places where by-elections were held, Modi said this is the speciality of BJP and the uniqueness of the party workers. “Till some months before the 2024 elections, experts rejected BJP stating it was not such a big force in Odisha and cannot form government on its own here. The election results stunned them,” he said.
“When we didn’t have government in the state, the names of our yojanas were being changed. But we worked for the development of Odisha. The Centre never thought whether our government was in the state or not. We were only trying to serve Odisha. New schemes were launched. The Odisha people understood our working style and believed in us,” he added.