When asked if there is any truth to his assertion that the Congress wants to “redistribute” wealth among Muslims, Prime Minister Modi demanded a more thorough examination of his election campaign
read moreSlamming the Congress over its manifesto for the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the ‘grand old party’ appears to be promoting the agenda of the Muslim League.In an interview with Network18, PM Modi stated that he had to expose some “truths” despite having waited ten days for the “evils” of the Congress manifesto to be exposed objectively.“So far as the Congress manifesto is concerned, someone please tell me, are the manifestos of political parties during elections a mere showpiece? It is the work of the media to read the manifestos of every political party. I was waiting for the media to comment on it. I had commented on the manifesto on the first day. After seeing the manifesto, I feel that it has the stamp of the Muslim League. I thought that the media will be shocked. But they just kept saying whatever was presented by the Congress,” PM Modi told Network18.Advertisement“Then I thought that this seems to be a big scam of the ecosystem and I will have to bring out the truth. I waited for 10 days that the evils in the manifesto would be brought out by someone because if it is brought out in an unbiased manner, it is good. Finally, I was forced to bring out these truths,” he added.When asked if there is any truth to his assertion that the Congress wants to “redistribute” wealth among Muslims, Prime Minister Modi demanded a more thorough examination of his election campaign.“I feel that maybe your team has not tracked my entire campaign… You must have seen that my entire election campaign is focused on two things. One, we have done work for the welfare of society. The biggest difference in this government [compared to previous ones] is that last-mile delivery is our specialty. See, no government is formed to do bad, it wants to do good. Some people know how to do good for others, some people wait for good things to happen. I am a person who believes in working hard and getting things done,” he said.Laying out his plans for the future, Modi said, “I am continuously saying in the elections that we have built 4 crore houses for the poor. I tell so many people that when you go for this election campaign, please help me by sending a list of people whose houses have not been built. As soon as my third term starts, I want to take this work forward.”“I want to build 3 crore more houses. Now, the Ayushman Bharat Yojana is the world’s largest health insurance and health assurance scheme. This is the assurance of treatment to 55 crore people. It is an assurance that Modi’s government is with you. This time, we have said in the manifesto that no matter which class, society, background a person belongs to, whoever is above 70 years of age — both men and women — will get free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh. This time we have also said in the manifesto that we will give this benefit to ASHA workers. We will give benefits to transgenders, no matter what their age is.”AdvertisementTalking about the economic performance of the NDA government, PM Modi said, “Comparing the performance of his government to the pre-2014 situation, PM Modi said: “You see, what was the situation before 2014? ‘Fragile 5’ used to be the headline. Today, we have become a vibrant economy. In IMF, there is a group of 150 countries of the world — which includes China and India — which we can call developing countries or countries with an emerging economy.”TagsNarendra Modi
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