A double-engine government of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Andhra Pradesh will ensure speedy development of the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday while addressing a public rally at Boppudi village in Palnadu.
Modi asserted that the NDA's aim is for 'Viksit Bharat' and to build 'Viksit Andhra Pradesh'.
This was the prime minister’s first rally after the Election Commission announced the Lok Sabha poll schedule on Saturday. The general elections will be held in seven phases starting on April 19, and the counting will take place on June 4.
Modi said the NDA moves ahead, taking into account regional aspirations and national progress, and during the third term after the polls, the country will take many more big decisions.
He claimed that during the last 10 years, around 25 crore people were lifted out of poverty.
Attacking the Congress party, the prime minister said the agenda of the grand old party is to 'use and throw' its alliance partners.
"In NDA, we take everyone along, but on the other hand the Congress party's only agenda is to use and throw allies. Today, the Congress had to make the INDI alliance (INDIA bloc) out of compulsion, but their thinking is that only," he said.
Modi shared the stage with TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan, with whom the BJP had recently entered into a pre-poll alliance. As per the seat-sharing agreement, the BJP will contest six Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly seats, while the TDP will contest 17 seats and 144 assembly seats. Janasena will contest two Lok Sabha seats and 21 assembly seats.
