Earlier, he paid obeisance at Sankatmochan and Vishwanath temples.
“We are not the people who make empty promises. We have not come to you with promises but with intentions. The country is bored of promises. It is time for bringing forth well-grounded intentions,” Modi said.
He targeted Congress for making promises and then failing to deliver at a huge cost to the exchequer. Citing the example of Ganga Action Plan which was envisaged during the Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi for cleaning the polluted river, Modi said though thousands of crores have been spent the river is still dirty.
“I request the Prime Minister to share detailed accounts with people and answer them on how many thousands of crores of ruppes were spent on the project to clean Ganga- an issue on which you (Congress) have tried to seek a new identity and asked for votes since Rajiv Gandhi's time,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister had said in his address at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting yesterday that some political parties make promises which “lie outside the realm of possibility” and his party should avoid it.
In another dig at Modi, he said Congress should not simply talk of firm leadership and decisiveness without talking of what the leadership will be used for and what decisions will be taken.
Modi retaliated today saying while people voted Congress to power hoping something will be done to clean the Ganga, but its waters have only become more polluted.
“Several plans and committees were formed but it seems money has been swept away like the waters of Ganga. In last five years, only three meetings were held and no work has been done.”
