PM Narendra Modi makes strong pitch for his re-election

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong pitch for his reelection in the next Lok Sabha elections as he launched a scathing attack on the Congress saying it had pushed the country into darkness bled banks and had created roadblocks to an early judicial solution to the Ayodhya disputeWinding up the twoday BJP National Convention he cautioned people about who they chose as their pradhan sevak principal servant one who worked 18 hours a day tirelessly and one who would not go on holidaysIn his valedictory address in which he set the tone for the BJPs bid to come back to power again Modi said he had led a government whose track record was spotless which had worked with honesty for all sections ended despondency raised peoples confidence accelerated the pace of development and enhanced Indias statureFor the first time it has happened that there is no allegation of corruption against the government We can be proud that we have a spotless record he saidModi made several veiled attacks on Rahul Gandhi saying he had met those who were talking of breaking India had met the Chinese envoy during the Doklam standoff and had alleged Khoon ki dalali over surgical strikesHe said the governments of Andhra Pradesh West Bengal and now Chhattisgarh had barred the CBI but he never did so as Gujarat chief minister through the Congress did not leave any opportunity to harass him through probe agenciesModi said he faced the SIT questioning for nine hours as chief minister over the 2002 Gujarat riots as he had faith in the law institutions and truthBut they are scared of their misdeeds You have faith on institutions They do not have faith in the CBI CAG Can we hand over the country to them We have faith in the constitution they have on the sultanate he saidReferring to the National Herald case without naming Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi he said members of the first family of the Congress were on bail and the case pertained to 2012 when the UPA was in powerHe said they had been repeatedly called by the probe agencies 44 times overall and six times in six months but they had not presented themselvesWe are naamdars how can we go how can we be asked questions The fact is that they have a problem with the truth What are they hiding we do not know People on bail do not respect institutions what respect they will give to the country They have faith on rajshahi feudalism and we on lokshahi democracy he saidDo people want a sevak who provokes family members steals from the house distributes the goodies among his family members and talks ill of the family with neighbours goes on long leave or a sevak who works day and night works more than the owners of the house and always thinks of their welfareThe way you will choose a Sevak you decide what kind of Pradhan Sevak you want he saidHe accused the Congress of disrespecting institutions They do not respect the Election Commission investigating agencies Supreme Court even our foreign ministryModi said the Congress had bled the banks as two processes prevailed during its rule for availing common process and Congress processPublic money had become private wealth he said Peoples money was given away in loans The betrayal that Congress did that needs to be told repeatedlyHe said loans of Rs 18 lakh crore were given by banks from Independence till 2008 But from 2008 to 2014 loans of Rs 34 lakh crore were given and the total amount went to Rs 52 lakh croreHe said there was two process of getting a loan common process and Congress processIn the normal process people took loans to the tune of Rs 10 to Rs 20 lakh and were required to provide documents answer all questions and the loan was to be returnedIn the Congress process loans were given on a phone call of naamdar no question was asked and more loans were sanctioned to pay the previous loan and then the whole amount was gobbled upIt hurt the common man the poor The banks were left bleeding It was a dangerous situation If I had disclosed it in 2014 it would have caused panic We gradually changed the rules and ended the Congress process Earlier thousands of crores were going out now they are coming back The insolvency code process has brought back Rs 3 lakh crore The earlier government would have looted this money he saidReferring to the issue of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya he said Congress sought to create obstacles in the judicial process through a party man who is a lawyerThey wanted to impeach Chief Justice of India Dont let all this be forgotten We have to repeatedly remind people how they created roadblocks in developmentReferring to Christian Michel the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal he said it is the first time that such a person has been extradited to IndiaHe said reports in the media about raazdar Michel have indicated that there was misdoing not only in the helicopter deal but in the deal to purchase fighter jets The layers are slowly unfolding There were middlemen in defence deals earlierModi took a veiled dig at Gandhi over the Rafale deal saying that he was not prepared to understand the issueReferring to an answer given during the debate in Parliament on the issue he said it had been explained citing an example that a bag filled with different ingredients will have a different price You can wake up a sleeping person but one who pretends to be asleep when he is awake nothing can be doneModi said he was being abused and conspiracies were being hatched through an ecosystem linked to the CongressSpeak lies but the chowkidar is not going to stop It is just the beginning Whether it is within the country or outside chowkidar is not going to spare anyoneHe said the Congress had ridiculed Swachh Bharat efforts to propagate Yoga GST Make in India and Beti Bachao Beti PadhaoModi said that ten years of the UPA government were lost in scams and allegations of corruptionTargeting the Congress which has often accused him of changing the names of its projects Modi said he had not changed the names of old schemes He said no initiative of the NDA government including Ayushman Bharat Sagarmala or Ujjawala is named after himHe said the Congress and its allies had opposed the triple talaq bill enemy property bill a bill to give constitutional status to OBC commission Citizenship amendment bill and reservations over NRCCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side 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