BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi Sunday targeted Rahul Gandhi again, saying while nothing is being done to check price rise and corruption, the Congress leader has been only coming out with "akashwani" (celestial voices).
Modi's made these remarks at a rally in Ranchi apparently referring to the Congress Vice-President's meeting with Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states in Delhi on Friday during which he asked them to check prices and implement the Lokayukta Act on the lines of Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill.
Gandhi had disapproved of the Maharashtra government's decision to reject the Adarsh Commission's report on the society building scam.
"In ancient times, people heard akashwani (celestial voices) that came as if they (voices) were not concerned about the happenings around....Today, there is akashwani that CMs will do this, CMs will do that. People who are involved in corruption....if there is honesty in the words of people who do akashwani, then they should respond as to how corruption developed under Congress in Jharkhand," Modi said without naming Gandhi.
He said Congress leaders were doing the same today.
Attacking Congress, Modi said the ruling party at the Centre has become a "liability" and a "crisis" for the country as it has lost connection with the masses.
"Congress party, its governments and its leaders cannot listen to the voices of the people....People today want development, not division, they want opportunity, not political opportunism, they want security, not poison of communalism," he said.
Modi and BJP chief Rajnath Singh being garlanded at the rally. (Photo: PTI)
'Congress must answer why is Jharkand still poor?'
Modi also blamed the Congress for the lack of development in Jharkhand in an election rally in state capital Ranchi on Sunday.
"If the details of the natural and geological resources and skilled manpower that the state has are presented to the world's economists and if they are asked if a state has such vast wealth, what should be the financial situation of the state?
"There will be only one answer. This state can be compared to the wealthy nations of the world. Then why is a state with such resources poor? Why is poverty growing in the lap of a rich state?
"The party, which after independence who took over the reins of the country, its leaders, and its governments has to answer for this," the BJP's prime ministerial candidate said at the packed Vijay Sankalp rally.
Former Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda (L) felicitates Narendra Modi (centre) during a rally in Ranchi on Sunday. BJP chief Rajnath Singh is on the right.
'Is this vision?'
Modi then said the Congress did not support the creation of Jharkhand from Bihar but the BJP-led NDA government okayed its creation.
"The sultanate in Delhi never heard the voice of Jharkhand for 50 years. It was Atal-ji (former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) who heard the voice of the people. We will be always thankful to him," the Gujarat Chief Minister said.
He attacked the JMM-Congress government in the state for failing to provide electricity and clean drinking water to the people and for halting industrial growth.
"There is so much coal is the state and you have to buy power from outside. Is this vision?" he said.
Modi cited examples of how he managed to turn around a sick industry in Gujarat and provided clean water through taps in the state.
"People sitting in Delhi, who for 50 years were not ready to accept you, will you benefit from them in the next 13-15 years? Can you trust those sitting in Delhi? Can they change the future of the youth? Absolutely not!" he said.
"Youth today need opportunity, not political opportunism," Modi said.
Promising central aid to Jharkhand if the BJP came to power in 2014 at the Centre, Modi asked the crowd to "lay down all the 14 Lok Sabha seats from the state on the feet of (BJP chief) Rajnath Singh".
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