Congress placed vote bank politics above national interest: PM Modi
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Modi on Saturday targetted the Congress party of preaching vote bank politics more than the national interest of the country.
Claiming that the UPA government was following the "vote bhakti" politics, PM Modi said, "The country has witnessed two types of politics of 'vote bhakti' and of "desh bhakti".
The former was on display after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, when the then government did not go after Pakistan for abetting terror".
Attacking further he said that the then government chose to derail the investigations in many terror cases and came up with the theory of "Hindu terror".
PM Modi said his government responded to the Uri terror attack with surgical strikes and Pulwama by air strikes, demonstrating "desh bhakti" politics.
PM Modi who was addressing an election rally in Araria, Bihar, further said that the opposition party and its allies were rattled by the trends that have emerged from the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls.
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"... The trends of the first two phases of elections have left them rattled. They no more have the audacity to demand proofs of the valiant cross-border operations conducted by our armed forces," the prime minister said.
He said that "lies" were being spread about his government that its introduction of five per cent quota for the unreserved categories was a step in the direction of doing away with reservations.
"Beware of such lies," he said.
(With inputs from agencies)