HYDERABAD: Sharpening his attack on the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that dynasty parties may have different faces but their histories have two things in common - jhoot aur loot (lies and loot). Addressing a public meeting in Adilabad, he said that nothing has changed in Telangana after the Congress succeeded the BRS.
Alleging that the BRS was part of scams like the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS), Modi charged the Congress government with suppressing the corruption allegations and not taking action.
Criticising the Opposition’s tendency to link everything to the elections on the horizon, the prime minister said that he has come to celebrate “vikas ka utsav” (festival of development) with the people of Telangana.
On the first day of a 10-day whirlwind tour across the country, Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for developmental projects related to power, rail and roads, worth more than Rs 56,000 crore, in erstwhile Adilabad district and other states on Monday.
Listing several developmental works undertaken in the country in the last 15 days, he said that it will strengthen “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” into “Vikasit Bharat”. He further pointed out that he held discussions with all ministers and top officials regarding an action plan for developed India.
Emphasising that the welfare and pride of tribals is a top priority of the BJP, Modi said that such steps are always met with opposition from dynasty parties. The Sammakka-Sarakka central tribal university to be established in the state is proof of the Central government’s priorities, he added.
The prime minister said that ‘Modi’s Guarantee’ is now being discussed across the country and the implementation of various initiatives proved that it is “a guarantee that Modi’s guarantee will be fulfilled”.
Projects inaugurated
NTPC's 800 MW (Unit-2) Telangana Super Thermal Power Project in Peddapalli district
Newly-electrified Ambari-Adilabad-Pimpalkhuti rail line Foundation stones laid
NH projects connecting Telangana with Maharashtra through NH-353B and Telangana with Chhattisgarh through NH-163
Modi: 140 crore people of the country are my family
Hitting back at RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav’s ‘no family’ remark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the 140 crore people of the country are his family.
“Those who have no one also belong to Modi and Modi belongs to them,” he added.
Modi further said that his life is like an “open book” and that it is known to the people of the country. “When I left home in my childhood, I left with a dream that I will live for the countrymen,” the prime minister said.
Following his counter, several senior BJP leaders like Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party president J P Nadda, Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman added ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ (Modi’s family) to their usernames on X (formerly twitter).
