PM Modi was in Rajasthan’s Jalore to bolster help for the BJP candidate
Jaipur:
In an obvious swipe at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the present day mentioned “those who cannot win elections have deserted the field” and grow to be Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan. This comes months after Mrs Gandhi was elected a member of the Upper House of Parliament, unopposed. Before her Rajya Sabha stint, Mrs Gandhi has represented Congress stronghold Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha for twenty years. She has additionally represented Amethi for 5 years.Â
The Prime Minister was in Rajasthan’s Jalore to marketing campaign for BJP’s Lumbaram Choudhary, who’s taking up Congress’s Vaibhav Gehlot, son of former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The Jalore constituency is a BJP stronghold, with the occasion profitable it constantly for twenty years.
In in the present day’s rally, the Prime Minister questioned if Congress MPs representing Rajasthan in Rajya Sabha raised the state’s points. “The Congress sent a South leader to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. Has he never spoken about Rajasthan? No. You also sent former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Rajya Sabha. He was unwell, but did you see him in Rajasthan? And now, you have saved another leader. Those who cannot fight elections, win elections have deserted the field and come to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan,” he mentioned, with out naming Mrs Gandhi.
Currently, six Congress MPs signify Rajasthan in Rajya Sabha — Sonia Gandhi, Neeraj Dangi, Randeep Singh Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Pramod Tiwari and Mukul Wasnik; solely Mr Dangi is definitely from Rajasthan.
The Prime Minister mentioned the individuals of Rajasthan had “punished” Congress within the first section of Lok Sabha polls in Rajasthan. Twelve out of 25 seats within the state had voted within the first section final Friday. The remaining will vote this Friday.
“Rajasthan is seeped in patriotism. It knows that Congress can never make a strong India. The country does not want such a Congress government. The country does not want the pre-2014 situation to return,” he mentioned.
Attacking the Opposition occasion along with his oft-repeated “remote control” barb, the Prime Minister mentioned, “No one respected the Prime Minister. The government was run by remote control.” The barb is an ordinary line of assault utilized by the BJP, during which it claims Mrs Gandhi was the de facto Prime Minister within the Manmohan Singh-led authorities.
The Prime Minister additionally took a veiled swipe at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over the 2013 episode during which he had mentioned a UPA authorities ordinance to defend convicted lawmakers from disqualification have to be “torn up and thrown away”.Â
“Just imagine, a cabinet note is torn up at a press conference by a ruling party leader. Can such a weak dispensation make the country strong?” the Prime Minister requested, saying that the Congress was answerable for its present scenario. “The party that once won 400 (Lok Sabha) seats cannot even contest 300 seats now. They are not getting candidates,” he mentioned.