Tuesday 18 February 2014

Live reporting: Narendra Modi shares dais, praises Yeddyurappa in Davangere rally

Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, facing corruption charges, appeared on the dais with BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a huge rally here today, in which Modi publicly praised the former BJP strongman.

Live reporting: Narendra Modi shares dais, praises Yeddyurappa in Davangere rally

Modi praised Yeddyurappa for pioneering India's first farmers' budget, and his proposal to link rivers in Karnataka. The crowd applauded whenever Modi mentioned Yeddyurappa's named. 

At the end of the rally, Modi alongwith Yeddyurappa waved to people present at the venue. 

The crowd even lapped up the name of Shobha Karandalje, a close associated of Yeddyurappa, when Modi mentioned her while welcoming leaders present on the dais. 

In his hard-hitting speech, Modi replied to Rahul Gandhi's charge that BJP was silent about its ministers indulging in corruption. 

"I want to know from the Congress mahashay (gentleman) how many ministers in Rajasthan and Haryana are currently behind bars, and for what sins", asked Modi rhetorically. 

Modi hit out at the Congress saying, Congress and corruption are twin sisters, and corruption always takes birth in the womb of Congress.

2:09 pm: Modi ends speech with Bharat Mata ki Jai, Vande Mataram. 

2:08 pm: I want the help of the people of Karnataka for making our government in Delhi. I have got your love, now I want a Lotus from you. Send one Lotus from each Lok Sabha constituency from Karnataka. 

2:06 pm: We have linked 20 small rivers in Gujarat, and our farmers in Gujarat are prosperous. I want to thank Yeddyurappa for keeping a separate farmers' budget. This was a pioneering effort in Karnataka. The crowd applauds on hearing Yeddyurappa's name. 

2:05 pm: 
The moment Modi names Yeddyurappa, the crowd breaks into applause. Modi praised Yeddyurappa's proposal for linking rivers. 

2:04 pm: Leaders who come from Delhi do not have a word of sympathy for farmers, One of the farmers immolated himself before Karnataka assemblty.

1:58 pm: Why are the sugarcane farmers not getting better prices? Why are the textile factories of Davangere, once the Manchester of India, now closed? Why was cotton exports banned rendering thousands of people unemployed? Modi spells out  his Farm-Fibre-Fabric-Fashion-Foreign mantra. Our farmers should get value addition. 

1:57 pm: In the temple of India's democracy,  pepper was sprayed into the eyes of MPs, and Congress was deeply embroiled in politics. Congress has no faith in the dignity of democracy.

Monday 10 February 2014

People in Power Snatched Rights of Dalits: Modi

People in Power Snatched Rights of Dalits: Modi \






















Narendra Modi today accused Congress of following a divide and rule policy for the last 60 years and recalled the setting up of a Commission on Religious and Linguistic Minorities by its government as an instrument to "sow the seeds of poison".

Wooing the Dalits and backward classes at a public meeting here, Modi also alleged there has been a "conspiracy" to snatch the rights given to the community by B R Ambedkar against the backdrop of suggestion by Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi for ending caste-based reservation.

The BJP Prime Ministerial candidate called himself "victim of untouchability", saying Cochin city mayor Tony Chammany did not attend the meeting though his name was among those listed on the invitation card.

"I continue to be a victim of untouchability," he said.

Alleging that Congress had sought to make gains by dividing the society by sowing 'poisonous seeds", he said the dalits, adivasis and backward classes would have a decisive say if his party was voted to power. There would be a "change of government" at the Centre within 100 days after which this would be brought to an end, he added.

Modi promised that once he comes to power at the Centre, he would like to do something for his "family", pointing towards the crowd at the meeting. "The forthcoming decade will belong to the members of the marginalised community."

"For the past 60 years, people have indulged in vote bank politics to divide and rule. This has led to our division and fragmentation. They are experts in zeher ki kheti. The Ranganath Mishra Commission was set up to sow the seeds of poison," he told the meeting organised by the Kerala Pulayar Maha Sabha (KPMS), an outfit of a prominent Scheduled Caste community.

The Ranganath Misra Commission was constituted by the UPA government on October 29. 2004 to look into various issues related to Linguistic and Religious minorities.

Saturday 8 February 2014

Modi to address two rallies in Kerala today

  Modi to address two rallies in Kerala today

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will address two rallies, one in Kochi and the other in Thiruvananthapuram today. 

Modi will reach Kochi airport at around 4 pm, and address his first rally half an hour later. This meeting is being organised by Kerala Pulaya Maha Sabha, an outfit of one of Kerala's leading scheduled caste communities.  The rally is being organised to mark the centenary of "Kayal samaran", a protest by Dalits  against denial opr right to organise themselves. 

The BJP is projecting the invitation extended to Modi by the outfit as a sign of his increasing acceptability among backward classes.

He will leave for Thiruvananthapuram by 6 pm, where he will address his second rally an hour later, at Sankhumugham beach. 

Modi is also expected to meet local bishops and representatives of some churches too in Kochi.

This is Modi's first major public engagement in Kerala after being projected as BJP prime ministerial candidate. .