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GA only interested in votes: Modi at Koderma rally

BOKARO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said people who left their homes in Jharkhand due to the terror of Maoists years ago are returning home due the reassuring work on law and order and development done by the BJP government in the state and at the Centre in the last five years.


Addressing a Vijay Sankalp rally in Koderma’s Shyam Singh Nawadih village even as polling was in progress in three of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of Jharkhand, Modi said: “Please remember the conditions that prevailed in Jharkhand during the tenure of mahamilavati, khichdi sarkar (Congress and its coalition government).

The situation has changed in the past five years peace and normalcy has returned in Naxalism-affected areas

Thousands of people from Koderma and Giridih parliamentary constituencies attended the public meeting despite the searing heat. BJP has fielded RJD’s former state candidate Annapurna Devi from Koderma constituency, which goes to the polls on May 6.

Modi said: “Atal Bihari Vajpayee had approved the Koderma-Ranchi rail line 20 years ago, but the Congress government did not go ahead with the plan. People of this state gave me a chance in 2014. We started the project immediately and the railway line will be ready in 18 months. Even the condition of roads has improved. Earlier, going to Deogarh or Giridih from Koderma needed a whole day as the roads were pathetic. During our rule, the journey from Giridih or Deogarh can now be complete in a few hours due to the good roads laid by us. The earlier governments could have done work this too, but they were focused on their own benefits,” he said.

In a scathing attack on the Congress-led mahagathbandhan of opposition parties, Modi added: “You all have faced the brunt of unstable governments. Corruption and loot were at their peak and even a chief minister (Madhu Koda) had to go to jail. We have given the state a stable government and made an honest effort to compensate the losses faced by the state in all the years of their rule. This chowkidar has ensured that corruption is stopped, but people involved in wrongdoings have ganged up against us,” said Modi.

Cautioning first-time voters against the grand alliance, Modi said: “The mahamilavat is not in favour of a government with absolute majority at any cost. Congress wants a weak government which it can remote control. I want to caution all the first-time voters about their intention. They are just not interested in the development of those areas where they do not see their vote bank”

Touching sentiments of nationalism, he asserted, “Your chowkidar is alert to ensure peace in Jharkhand and the entire country. Modi will not tolerate terrorism . If needed, he will go inside enemy’s den and hit hard. We have proved through the surgical and aerial strikes that if we receive a threat from anywhere, we revert with the same force.”

Referring to Congress’s Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy’s comments about poor people only joining the Army and security forces for a square meal, Modi said, “This is the kind of respect Congress and its partners have for the soldiers who die for the country.”

The PM claimed that peace has returned in the state in the last five years. He said: “Villagers in Jharkhand no longer have to relocate out of fear of the Naxals. But Congress wants to scrap the sedition law, which will encourage Naxalites and terrorists.”

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