Congress associated with '85 per cent commission': PM Modi says at public meeting in Karnataka

Coming down heavily on the Congress on the issue of corruption Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the grand old party had always been associated with 85 per cent commission and its shahi parivar royal family was out on bail in connection with scams worth thousands of crores of rupeesTraining guns on the Congress over its party president M Mallikarjun Kharges venomous snake barb at him PM Modi said that the snake was the charm of lord Shivas neck and for him the people of the country were a form of god and he was fine with being compared to the snake on their necksThere is a reason why the country has lost trust in Congress and its shahi parivar Congresss identity has always been associated with 85 per cent commission During Congresss rule its top leader and then prime minister used to say with pride that if he sends Rs one from Delhi15 paise reaches them people on ground Congresss claws used to snatch away 85 paise of the poor Modi saidAddressing a public meeting in Kolar the Prime Minister said This is not BJPs allegation but it is the public acceptance of the Congresss former prime minister Congress that eats 85 per cent commission can never work for the development of KarnatakaAlso Read Mann ki Baat spiritual journey for me allowed me to connect with people PM ModiThe Prime Ministers attack on the Congress comes following the partys strong campaign against the ruling BJP in Karnataka over allegations that it was taking 40 per cent commission from contractorsHundred per cent of the amount sent by the BJP government today reaches the beneficiary In the past nine years with the strength of Digital India Rs 29 lakh crore has been credited into the bank account of the poor under various schemes the PM saidIf Congress that eats 85 per cent commission had continued Rs 24 lakh crore out of this could not have reached the poor he claimed adding that BJP came to power only nine years ago and stopped this He asked people to imagine about the lakhs of crores of rupees that Congress leaders had filled in their lockers before thatStating that Congress prospers in corruption and it can never take action against the corrupt Modi said Congress can never design any scheme or programme which doesnt involve a scamEven today Congresss shahi parivar and people close to it are out on bail in a scam involving thousands of crores of rupees Those facing charges of corruption and are out on bail are today coming to Karnataka and preaching Congress whose top leaders are facing charges of corruption and members of whose shahi parivar are out on bail cannot take action against corruption he addedDuring the nine years before 2014 during Congress rule only Rs 5000 crore worth property of the corrupt was seized while in the past nine years under the BJP rule properties worth over Rs 1 lakh crore of those who looted the country have been seized Modi said asserting that only the BJP could swiftly act and take strong action against corruptionNoting that Congress was facing the most difficulty due to his actions against corruption the PM said that was the reason that the partys hate against him had increased daybydayThey have further increased their attack against me Congress people are issuing threats these days They are saying Modi teri qabr khudegi Modi your grave will be dug Now in Karnatakas election Congresss biggest issue is the snake and its venom he saidCongress and its leaders were comparing him to a snake and were asking for votes from the people Modi said but snake is the charm of lord Shankars Shiva neck and for me the people of the country are the form of Lord Eshwar they are the form of Shiva So Im fine with being the snake that adorns the neck of the peopleI know that the people of Karnataka the land of saints and sanskar will give a befitting reply to Congresss abuses through votes The anger of the people against the Congress will reflect through votes on May 10 he addedMaking a speech in a campaign rally in pollbound Karnataka on Thursday Kharge likened Modi to a venomous snake As a row erupted he later backtracked stating that his intention was not to hurt anyones feelings and the statement was not for PM Modi but for the ideology he representsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever