Congress can promise 'castle of gold' to wins polls, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday warned voters against the Congress saying it can even promise to build a castle of gold to wins polls and accused the rival party of indulging in corruption and misrule while in power resulting in rise in crimes especially against women and riotsMentioning the 2022 killing of Kanhaiya Lal a tailor in Udaipur PM Modi said Could we even imagine that in India we would ever hear a slogan like sar tan se juda a reference to beheading But this has happened in the land of braves Rajasthan under misrule of the CongressKanhaiya Lal 48 was killed with a cleaver inside his shop on June 28 2022 The assailants claimed they hacked Lal to death to avenge an alleged insult to IslamAddressing a rally in Barwani district two days days before the end of the campaigning for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls the PM attacked the CongressWherever the Congress comes to power crime rate reaches its peak riots become commonplace and atrocities against sisters and daughters increase he maintainedThe BJPs star campaigner said states governed by the Congress have flourished after the party has been removed from powerWherever the Congress has formed a government even prosperous states have fallen into trouble he addedHe pointed out that the Grand Old Party had promised the sun and the moon to farmers women youths and state government employees of Himachal Pradesh but they all were deceived after it won elections last year in the hill stateKarnataka where the Congress came to power in May this year also went down the same path Modi and added development has come to a standstill in the southern stateIf the Congress can do this to a prosperous state like Karnataka what will they do to Madhya Pradesh the PM said cautioning the people of the BJPruled state against the opposition partyModi said the Congress can even promise to build a castle of gold to the people of Madhya Pradesh to win elections anyhowThey will promise to give a palace of gold and then say they will extract gold from potatoes and then build it he remarked taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhis 2017 comment of making gold from potatoesThe Prime Minister alleged the Congress wants to capture power in Madhya Pradesh to fill its empty coffersPeople can see in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan both ruled by the Congress how piles of notes earned through illegal means were coming out every day Modi statedThe PM said the November 17 elections in Madhya Pradesh are not just a fight between the BJP and the CongressThese elections are about deciding the bright future of Madhya Pradesh he asserted campaigning for the saffron outfitHe blamed Congress leaders for pushing the state into a dark well and maintained the BJP has pulled Madhya Pradesh out of darkness after coming to power in 2003The Prime Minister said no one trusts the words and promises of the Congress because of its track record in officeThe Congress ruled from Panchayat to Parliament for 60 years but it neither thought of welfare of tribals nor gave respect to them he saidWhen a BJP government was formed at the Centre our tribal brothers got their due respect and a separate ministry for their welfare was created Modi statedThe PM assured the people of Madhya Pradesh that all promises made by his party BJP to them will be fulfilled after the party retains power in the stateAll promises made to you will be fulfilled This is my guarantee Modi assertedHe said the Centres free ration scheme which was started during the coronavirus pandemic and covers 80 crore poor people will be extended for five yearsThe scheme Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana is ending next monthMadhya Pradesh will have a single phase polling for its 230 seats and results will be announced on December 3This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever