Tampa (Florida): Accusing a “vested interest group” of shielding Congress from its “mis-governance”, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today said the UPA was “running away” from giving its performance report and asked the people to “uproot” the government.
“There is a vested interest group that is a Raksha Kavach (protective shield) for the Congress. This vested interest group is active and come 2014 we have to fight both the Congress and this vested interest group,” 63-year-old Modi said, without elaborating.
Speaking to the Indian diaspora in the US through live video conference, the Gujarat Chief Minister said, “See the arrogance of the Government in Delhi. They are in power for nine years but they are not ready to give performance report.”
Slamming the Congress for its alleged mis-governance, he asked the ruling to submit a performance report before the people of India on its nine years of rule.
“As soon as I finish (my speech) they will start, what Modi said, but friends, Modi gave answers to the people in December 2012 and the people chose him for a third time with distinction to serve them.”
“I want to tell the Congress friends, do you at least agree that when Vajpayee Government was there growth rate was 8.4 per cent but now it is 4.8 per cent under this (UPA) Government,” he asserted.
Congress Party, Modi alleged, is “running away” from giving its performance report and said the government needed to be “uprooted”.
