Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking at BJP’s ‘Parivartan Rally’ on Monday, focussed on Uttar Pradesh to garner maximum political mileage in the assembly polls. Addressing a mammoth gathering at Ramabai ground in Lucknow, the prime minister said, “For the BJP, the UP polls are not a matter of victory or defeat. In fact, UP is a responsibility for us.” He said that the people of Uttar Pradesh have made up their mind for a 'change'.
Attacking SP and the BSP for ignoring the development of the state, Modi urged the people of Uttar Pradesh to vote for the BJP to turn around their fortunes.
He urged the electorate of the state to give BJP a chance so that it could finish ‘Goonda Raj’ (rule of hooligans). Attacking the opposition sarcastically , the prime minister said, “if Modi takes money, it troubles them. If he gives money, then too, they are bothered.”
Addressing the crowd, Modi said that for the development of india, development of UP was a necessity. He said that his government wanted India to progress — poverty, illiteracy and diseases had to eradicated. But all that would be possible only when UP’s fortune changes.
Reiterating his stand on corruption, Modi said that his fight against graft will not stop and that his government would uproot those who indulged in various corrupt practices. On the issue of black money, the prime minister attacked both the SP and the BSP. Posing a question to people, he said, “Opposition calls for Modi to be removed. But I say corruption must be removed. Now, it is up to the people of the country to decide.”
Advocating pro-poor welfare schemes initiated by his government , he said that even those schemes were bothering some people. In his speech, the prime minister did not spare all three major opposition parties of the state, namely the BSP, the SP and the Congress. He said that on the issue of demonetisation, arch-rivals BSP and SP had become one.
Without naming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Modi said that there was a party which has been trying to establish its son in politics for the past 15 years, without success. Indirectly referring to the BSP, he said that there was another party which has been trying had to save its ill-gotten wealth and a third party, the SP, which is embroiled in its own family disputes.
Modi fully utilised opportunities at the Lucknow rally to consolidate party’s prospects and mould public opinion in favour of the BJP.
