In the run-up to the Jharkhand Assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would form the next government in the State. This was his second visit within 17 days to poll-bound Jharkhand. He had visited Jamshedpur on September 15.
He was speaking at the closing ceremony of the BJP’s Parivaratan maharally at the Gandhi Maidan in Hazaribagh.
Mr. Modi said if the BJP comes to power in the State, he would ensure the security of roti, beti and maati. (bread, daughter, and land).
The Prime Minister launched a scathing attack on the Hemant Soren-led coalition government. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the Congress, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal are part of the ruling alliance.
He blamed the alliance for the alleged demographic changes in Santhal Pargana due to “Bangladeshi infiltrators” and criticised the parties for the “decreasing” tribal population. “They never allowed the tribal communities to progress, and to remain in power, these people are creating a new vote bank by sacrificing Jharkhand. How dangerous is this game, Santhal Pargana is a living proof of this. The tribal population in Santhal Pargana is continuously decreasing, while the population of Bangladeshi infiltrators is continuously increasing. All this is the result of JMM and Congress’s hunger for power,” Mr. Modi said.
He accused Mr. Soren of engaging in corruption and making money through transfer-posting. He said gangs that leak examination papers were operating under the protection of the State government. Mr. Modi further alleged that the State government was committing fraud even in the schemes of the Union government and embezzling the money meant for the ration of the poor.He said the ruling alliance was the biggest obstacle to the development of Jharkhand.
Attacking the Congress, Mr. Modi said the party was anti-Dalit and anti-tribal. He said the Congress governments in the past had made policies that ensured that the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, and the Other Backward Classes did not progress. “Even today Congress is talking about ending reservation. It wants to give it to its special vote bank. As long as BJP is there, no one can snatch away the reservation of SC, ST, OBC. Reservation is safe only because of BJP,” Mr. Modi said. He added that Congress never gave importance to the tribal community.
“All the schemes are in the name of the sons and daughters of one family, all the roads, all the buildings are in the name of the sons and daughters of one family, such nepotism-oriented thinking has done a lot of harm to the country,” Mr. Modi said.
He alleged that the RJD leaders openly looted water, forests and land.
“On one hand, the Centre is working day and night for the development of Jharkhand and on the other hand, the State government is trying to derail the development of Jharkhand,” Mr. Modi said.
Before his arrival, several leaders, including Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is the in-charge of Jharkhand election and former Chief Minister Champai Soren, also addressed the rally.
Before the rally, Mr. Modi laid the inaugurated various projects worth ?83,300 crore from Hazaribagh.
Published - October 02, 2024 05:56 pm IST
