Flagging local issues and government's failure to deal with them, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate said while Congress and the SP government in Uttar Pradesh see the state as electorally crucial, his party is concerned about the problems being faced by the people, including farmers and the youth.
Reiterating his call for a creating a “Congress-free” India, Modi said the results of the recent assembly elections show that people have lost their patience and are aggressively demanding that this government should be thrown out.
“Those who have exploited you should be uprooted,” he added. He also alleged that “one family” is responsible for the pain being suffered by the people.
“As the (Loksabha) elections are nearing, Congress is talking repeatedly about poor...Had the party (Congress) really felt their pain, there would have been no poor in the country in the 45-year rule of a family”, Modi said while addressing “Vijay Shankhnad” rally here.
“If anyone is responsible for poverty, it's a single family. It also shows in their mindset”, Modi said.
Modi also slammed Rahul Gandhi on the issue of poverty and SP MP Naresh Agarwal for saying a tea-seller cannot become the Prime Minister.
“I am suprised that they are openly saying a tea-seller cannot become the Prime Minister. If people give their blessings, then a weaver, a farm worker or even a shoeshine man can become the PM,” Modi said.
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