A day after winning the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress and accused it of shedding crocodile tears for the farmers.
A day after winning the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress and accused it of shedding crocodile tears for the farmers.
Addressing a farmers' rally in Shahjanhanpur, Uttar Pradesh, he said the no-confidence motion that was brought against his government didn't come easily.
"When someone starts acting against their misdeeds and corrupt activities of the past, they naturally won't have confidence on that government," Modi said. "But I am confident that people's support for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will crush their arrogance."
Taking a dig at the Opposition for the no-confidence motion, he said from south to north, east to west, the country has confidence in our government. "It is these people [Opposition parties] who don't respect and trust the mandate you have given us," Modi said.
He said the government was repeatedly trying to ask them what is the basis of this motion, but the Opposition had no concrete answers.
"Aur jab jawab nahi de sake, toh gale pad gaye (When they could not give an appropriate answer, they started hugging me)," he said, referring to Congress president Rahul Gandhi's unprecedented hug after his speech in the Lok Sabha on Saturday.
Referring to the Congress, without naming it, he said the people who are today questioning his party consciously kept four crore households devoid of electricity.
"Who should be held responsible if four crore families don't have access to electricity even after 70 years of independence?" he said referring to the decades-old rule of the Congress in the country. "Who is responsible for forcing these four crore families to live a life of 18th century in 2018?
The prime minister also spoke about the policies and programmes of his government that he said have increased sanitation standards, improved health care, among others.
"While we are busy bringing electricity and sanitation to every house in the country, they [opposition parties] are busy running around with papers of no-confidence in the Lok Sabha," he said.
In his speech, Modi also ensured that he conveyed his message to other parties who are standing with the Congress. Referring to the coming together of Opposition parties to bring the no-confidence motion against his government, the prime minister said this brightens the BJP's prospects of returning to power.
"Jab dal ke saath dal milte hain do dal dal ho jaata hai. Jitne jyada dal, utna daldal. Aur jitna jyada dal dal hota hai, utna hi accha kamal khilta hai (When parties start holding hands uncharacteristically, a political quagmire is created. Greater the number of parties, bigger is the quagmire. And bigger the quagmire, brighter does the lotus bloom in it)," he said. Lotus is the symbol of BJP and the flower blooms in a quagmire (daldal).
Hitting out at the new bonhomie between the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, Modi said no matter whose hand the Congress decides to hold, the people have understood this game.
"Chahe cycle ho ya haathi, kisi ko bhi bana lo saathi. Ye desh ye khel samajh chukka hai (Be it the cycle (Samajwadi Party) or the elephant (Bahujan Samaj Party), choose whomsoever you want to shake hands with. But people of this country have now understood this game)," he said.
Addressing a farmers' rally in Shahjanhanpur, Uttar Pradesh, he said the no-confidence motion that was brought against his government didn't come easily.
"When someone starts acting against their misdeeds and corrupt activities of the past, they naturally won't have confidence on that government," Modi said. "But I am confident that people's support for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will crush their arrogance."
Taking a dig at the Opposition for the no-confidence motion, he said from south to north, east to west, the country has confidence in our government. "It is these people [Opposition parties] who don't respect and trust the mandate you have given us," Modi said.
He said the government was repeatedly trying to ask them what is the basis of this motion, but the Opposition had no concrete answers.
"Aur jab jawab nahi de sake, toh gale pad gaye (When they could not give an appropriate answer, they started hugging me)," he said, referring to Congress president Rahul Gandhi's unprecedented hug after his speech in the Lok Sabha on Saturday.
Referring to the Congress, without naming it, he said the people who are today questioning his party consciously kept four crore households devoid of electricity.
"Who should be held responsible if four crore families don't have access to electricity even after 70 years of independence?" he said referring to the decades-old rule of the Congress in the country. "Who is responsible for forcing these four crore families to live a life of 18th century in 2018?
The prime minister also spoke about the policies and programmes of his government that he said have increased sanitation standards, improved health care, among others.
"While we are busy bringing electricity and sanitation to every house in the country, they [opposition parties] are busy running around with papers of no-confidence in the Lok Sabha," he said.
In his speech, Modi also ensured that he conveyed his message to other parties who are standing with the Congress. Referring to the coming together of Opposition parties to bring the no-confidence motion against his government, the prime minister said this brightens the BJP's prospects of returning to power.
"Jab dal ke saath dal milte hain do dal dal ho jaata hai. Jitne jyada dal, utna daldal. Aur jitna jyada dal dal hota hai, utna hi accha kamal khilta hai (When parties start holding hands uncharacteristically, a political quagmire is created. Greater the number of parties, bigger is the quagmire. And bigger the quagmire, brighter does the lotus bloom in it)," he said. Lotus is the symbol of BJP and the flower blooms in a quagmire (daldal).
Hitting out at the new bonhomie between the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, Modi said no matter whose hand the Congress decides to hold, the people have understood this game.
"Chahe cycle ho ya haathi, kisi ko bhi bana lo saathi. Ye desh ye khel samajh chukka hai (Be it the cycle (Samajwadi Party) or the elephant (Bahujan Samaj Party), choose whomsoever you want to shake hands with. But people of this country have now understood this game)," he said.