Modi promises uninterrupted power, asks people to punish AAP

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday made a slew of promises to the people of Delhi including roundtheclock power housing for all electricity portability and targeted Arvind Kejriwal for his anarchist remarks and asked voters to punish the AAP in the upcoming assembly election in the capitalLaunching the Bharatiya Janata Partys election campaign at Ramlila Maidan here Modi sought the peoples support for a new Delhi and a strong stable governmentThe rally for which the BJP had made elaborate arrangements was attended by some union ministers and the partys chief ministers of Maharashtra Jharkhand and Haryana where the party recorded unprecedented success in the last six monthsModi who spoke for about 35 minutes targeted the Congress but focused mainly on the Aam Aadmi Party AAPModi did not name Kejriwal or the AAP but accused the party of spreading liesAttacking Kejriwal for his anarchist remark Modi said if anarchy has to be practised he should join Naxalites Maoists in junglesModi wondered if people had seen a politician who spoke such languageAnarchy cannot prevail in Delhi It Delhi should have a sense of pride he saidAAP leader Yogendra Yadav later responded to Modis comments saying It seems the prime minister is scared of our popularityThe AAP finished close behind the BJP in the 2013 Delhi polls and won 28 seats The party is seen as the main rival of the BJP in the assembly election expected to be held next monthBJP chief Amit Shah whom Modi described as the most successful party president asked the opposition to respect the mandate of the people in the Rajya Sabha and defended the ordinances brought by the central governmentHe said black money stashed abroad was a complex issue but the Modi government was doing its best to bring it backModi said a rumour was being spread that a BJP government will bring down the retirement age of government officials in Delhi to 58 from 60People of Delhi a new lie will be manufactured every day To misguide spread lies this is their way of politics Modi is not a person who will ever back stab If lies are spread do not believe them he saidReferring to Kejriwal resigning from office after 49 days in power Modi said a year was wasted in DelhiThose who destroyed a year will you punish them he asked the gatheringReferring to the AAPs agitational politics he said people specialise in a particular task and that should be given to themThose who have specialisation in blocking roads staging sitins launching agitations give them that work Our specialisation is in running a good government Give us that task Modi saidThe prime minister alleged that the past governments in Delhi had done little for the poor and were indecisiveHe said the BJP government at the centre has taken measures to solve the water woes of Delhi and nearly 20 lakh bank accounts of the poor in the national capital have been opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana PMGDYReferring to corruption at the grassroots level Modi said he has started the work of cleaning from the top and will ensure that it goes down to the lowest levelOn the AAPs promise to bring down the power tariff he said it can be done only if there is proper electricity supplyModi said the government will ensure that there was no need of generators in the city by ensuring roundtheclock power and the initiative will also help reduce pollutionHe said a BJP government will also provide people with power bill portability and they can choose the company from which they want electricityThis will ensure competition and bring down pricesThere is solution to every problem Intentions should be honest Delhi wants solution to its problems he saidModi said the poor and slum dwellers in the national capital will have a house by 2022It is a huge task If small tasks were to be done people would not have brought me to power he saidThe BJP has been out of power in the capital for the last 16 years