Ram Mandir Inauguration: India To Run Spl Train To Nepal's Janakpur For Ayodhya-bound Devotees

“Naqli (fake) Shiv Sena says there are many options in the INDIA bloc for the PM’s post. They have not been able to decide who will be the INDIA bloc leader or their face. Will you hand over this country to them when this is their state of affairs? They seem to have planned to make one PM every year thereby five PMs in five years,’’ he claimed.

PM Modi was speaking at the campaign rally for the BJP nominee Ram Satpute from the Solapur seat where he is pitted against the Congress candidate Praniti Shinde.

PM Modi claimed, “One of them will become the PM for the first year, he will plunder the treasury as much as he wants and the next year another leader will become the PM.

“Then for the next three years three PMs will rule and plunder the country. Will our country work like this?’’

“Friends, you have known this Modi for many years but do you know who is the leader of the INDIA bloc? No one knows their leader as there is a tussle going on there over the name of the leader.

“The name of their front has not been decided, we do not know who their face is. Despite this, can these people run such a big country? Will you hand over this country to these people?” he asked.

He added, “No one will hand over our country to them even by mistake.”

“These people have done whatever they can to capture power and have divided the country,” he claimed.

PM Modi tore into the INDIA bloc members saying, “They do not want to run the country, they don’t care about the future of the people as they just want to make money.”

“You know me. I do not want money, wealth and fame but I only want your blessings. I hope you choose the guarantee for development for the next five years,” he said.

“On the other side, there are people, who before 2014 plunged the country into the abyss of corruption, terrorism and misrule. Despite its tainted history, the Congress is trying to regain power. However, it is not possible as INDIA bloc has miserably failed in two phases of polling,” he added.

PM Modi said, “You have seen 60 years of Congress’ rule and what has been done in the last 10 years. The amount of work done for social justice has never been done since Independence. The Congress tried to block the rights of SCs, STs and OBCs during its 60 year rule.’’

In the backdrop of allegations against the BJP over plans to change the Constitution and do away with reservation if voted to power for the third time, PM Modi said that the government during its 10-year rule had not taken away anyone’s rights.

“Our social justice formula is to connect with every community. I have decided to make the son and the daughter of a poor mother a doctor or an engineer so that they can reach top posts,” he said.

(IANS)

Read National News

‘…I can never compromise on Sambalpur’s future and the agenda for the welfare of Sambalpur,” he wrote in his resignation letter to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge.

I hereby tender my resignation from the Indian National Congress.@INCIndia @INCOdisha pic.twitter.com/6EfqPnjWtM — Dulal Chandra Pradhan (@DcpPradhan) April 29, 2024

Earlier Dulal Chandra Pradhan was named the Congress' candidate from the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency. However, when the party released its fresh list on April 28 for the upcoming elections,  he was replaced by former MP Nagendra Pradhan for the prestigious western Odisha seat.

Nagendra Pradhan, a former Minister in the Naveen Patnaik government, had won the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat on a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket in 2014.

Also Read: Congress Announces Candidates For 2 Lok Sabha And 8 Assembly Seats In Odisha

71-year-old Pradhan joined the Congress after resigning from the BJD on April 25. Now, he will be up against senior BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJD's Pranab Prakash Das.

Notably, Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1. Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency goes to the polls on May 25.

Results for the Assembly and the Lok Sabha polls will be declared on June 4.

Read More: Odisha News 

"Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ruled Odisha for 25 years, which accounts for 10 thousand days. However, 40 percent of families do not have access to drinking water. The Chief Minister should clarify as to why water should not be supplied to the people of Odisha," demanded BJP leader Golak Mohapatra. 

Mohapatra said water could not reach 24 lakh houses out of 88 lakh houses in the state. The State government has been able to provide drinking water through pipes to only 35, 000 to 45,000 villages. Less than 50 percent of the water has reached areas like Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, and Kandhamal. 

"Naveen Babu's gumasta says that the opposition is not seeing the development. We the BJP wanted to know if the dearth of drinking water after 25 years is development," asked Mohapatra. 

Mohapatra went on to allege that dropouts in government schools are on the rise because there is no drinking water system in schools. The teachers send children 2 km away to fetch water. 

"30 percent of schools do not have drinking water," he said. 

The Central Government's 'Jal Jeevan Mission' and 'Har Ghar Nal Se Jal Yojana' have been converted into the 'Basuddha' by the BJD Government, he alleged. 

Under Basuddha Yojana also, most places lack water and empty tanks, he alleged further. 

Mohapatra said the Central government has given Rs 10,000 crore to Odisha for the supply of drinking water under the Jal Jeevan Mission. But the state government has spent Rs 834 crore only. 

"Because the BJD government is embezzling Central funds by giving work to blacklisted companies, the project cannot be completed," he pointed out. 

There is no water on either side of the Mahanadi basin. Anikats promised by the State government have also not been built. 

Stating that Bhim Behera of Mohana block went to Kerala and worked for eight months to fetch water from a spring 2 km away from his house, Mohapatra said Bhim Behera is a more qualified chief ministerial candidate than Naveen Babu. 

The BJP leader also targeted the State government on the spread of diarrhoea in Rourkela, jaundice in Sambalpur and cholera in Cuttack and Brahmapur due to contaminated drinking water.

Read More Odisha News