Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress and its party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday, stating that the party president is still being controlled by a remote.
Speaking at an election rally in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh, the Prime Minister also promised to take the country's economy to the top position in the world "during his third tenure".
“This is the time to remain aware of the Congress party. It is that party that snatches money belonging to the poor, indulges in scams, and divides society for chair; for Congress, the development of a state and the nation is not important," the Prime Minister said.
He added that the Congress president was controlled by a remote. "He can’t do much. When the remote works, he abuses Sanatan (Dharma). Yesterday, when the remote was not working, he spoke about Pandavas and said there are five Pandavas in the BJP. We are proud that we are walking on the path laid by the Pandavas," Modi added.
The Prime Minister was referring to Kharge's statement that the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Income Tax (IT), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the 'panch pandavas' of the BJP. "But these are not the actual pandavas (of epic Mahabharata fame), but the ones that need to be defeated," Kharge clarified.
Modi added that people gave power to the Congress in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, but their chief ministers were found involved in "satta" (betting) and generating black money. "In Chhattisgarh, there is betting and in Rajasthan, there is a 'red diary' of misdeeds of Congress. Congress means 'barbaadi ki guarantee'. In Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, Congress made a series of false promises. The party knows that the youth of MP don’t trust them due to their track record of corruption. In 2018, they promised a waiver of farmers’ loans but the farmers kept waiting for 15 months and still nothing was done," he added.
The PM said if the Congress comes back to power, the "85 per cent commission system" will work in the states as once stated by a prime minister of that party.
He also challenged Congress to file a complaint to the Election Commission about his promise to extend for five years the free ration scheme for the poor people. "Let them do this sin, I will continue to do good work for the people," he said.
The Prime Minister also said he would continue to fight against corruption and asked people whether he should do so or not, to which they replied in the affirmative.
