Narendra Modi takes on Delhi govt
24 Nov 2013 6:32 AM IST
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in his rally on Saturday took on the incumbent Congress government in the state, for its failure to curb rising prices of food and other essential commodities.
For once, he put the usual anti-Congress and Rahul-Sonia rhetoric on the back burner. Modi, instead, chose to reflect on major failures of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Sheila Dikshit government, vis-à-vis his government in Gujarat.
‘The BRT model of road construction was designed by Gujarat. However, when we sent it to the Central government for approval, the Delhi government did <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">a Xerox of the project and took credit for it,’ said Modi. He went on to highlight the failure of the Dikshit government to construct BRT corridors and invited the people of Delhi to see the BRT corridors in Ahmedabad and Surat.
He also attacked the Dikshit government for its failure to provide drinking water to people of Dwarka sub-city and of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">entire Delhi. ‘I arranged fresh water from Narmada river on the border of Madhya Pradesh for over 8,000 villages in Gujarat and even for our security forces deployed on <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Gujarat-Pakistan border, who were being supplied water by over 900 camels,’ he added. Taking a jibe at Dikshit, he said, she along with her son and daughter-in-law can drive her Maruti car in the long pipeline drawn for providing water to 9,000 villages in Gujarat.
On cleaning of Yamuna, he said <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Delhi government has wasted over Rs 3,900crore on cleaning of Yamuna, as it still remains dirty. ‘We cleaned <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Sabarmati River and redeveloped its river front in just around Rs 900 crores,’ he added. He also went onto slam the government on the issue of employment provision.
Regarding issues of slums and unauthorised colonies, Modi went on the offensive. He further said that the government could not built houses for those living in slums in her assembly constituency. ‘Rahul Gandhi, who goes to distant areas of the country to visit the poor, must build toilets for over 800 people, who live in slums located at the backyard of his bungalow in New Delhi. The Prime Minister also has slums near his bungalow’, he added.
He asked the people to remember certain key points on the day of polling (4 December): Delhi has become the rape capital; Nirbhaya gang rape case and government brutality on protestors; police brutality on <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Ram Dev and his supporters; comments of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Congress leaders that a full plate of food is available in just Rs 5 or Rs 12; efforts made to vandalise patriots memoirs in <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Azad Maidan of Mumbai; beheading of Indian soldiers by Pakistan, followed by Indian government’s offering of Biryani to Pakistan’s foreign minister in Ajmer.
Modi had arrived at the 6.40pm for the rally, which was initially scheduled for 4pm. He extended an apology to the public for being late. However, in yet another attack on the recent rally in the capital, led by Rahul Gandhi, which began late, he said that the Congress party is a habitual offender in this regard, by not apologising for its failures.
For once, he put the usual anti-Congress and Rahul-Sonia rhetoric on the back burner. Modi, instead, chose to reflect on major failures of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Sheila Dikshit government, vis-à-vis his government in Gujarat.
‘The BRT model of road construction was designed by Gujarat. However, when we sent it to the Central government for approval, the Delhi government did <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">a Xerox of the project and took credit for it,’ said Modi. He went on to highlight the failure of the Dikshit government to construct BRT corridors and invited the people of Delhi to see the BRT corridors in Ahmedabad and Surat.
He also attacked the Dikshit government for its failure to provide drinking water to people of Dwarka sub-city and of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">entire Delhi. ‘I arranged fresh water from Narmada river on the border of Madhya Pradesh for over 8,000 villages in Gujarat and even for our security forces deployed on <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Gujarat-Pakistan border, who were being supplied water by over 900 camels,’ he added. Taking a jibe at Dikshit, he said, she along with her son and daughter-in-law can drive her Maruti car in the long pipeline drawn for providing water to 9,000 villages in Gujarat.
On cleaning of Yamuna, he said <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Delhi government has wasted over Rs 3,900crore on cleaning of Yamuna, as it still remains dirty. ‘We cleaned <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the Sabarmati River and redeveloped its river front in just around Rs 900 crores,’ he added. He also went onto slam the government on the issue of employment provision.
Regarding issues of slums and unauthorised colonies, Modi went on the offensive. He further said that the government could not built houses for those living in slums in her assembly constituency. ‘Rahul Gandhi, who goes to distant areas of the country to visit the poor, must build toilets for over 800 people, who live in slums located at the backyard of his bungalow in New Delhi. The Prime Minister also has slums near his bungalow’, he added.
He asked the people to remember certain key points on the day of polling (4 December): Delhi has become the rape capital; Nirbhaya gang rape case and government brutality on protestors; police brutality on <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Ram Dev and his supporters; comments of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Congress leaders that a full plate of food is available in just Rs 5 or Rs 12; efforts made to vandalise patriots memoirs in <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Azad Maidan of Mumbai; beheading of Indian soldiers by Pakistan, followed by Indian government’s offering of Biryani to Pakistan’s foreign minister in Ajmer.
Modi had arrived at the 6.40pm for the rally, which was initially scheduled for 4pm. He extended an apology to the public for being late. However, in yet another attack on the recent rally in the capital, led by Rahul Gandhi, which began late, he said that the Congress party is a habitual offender in this regard, by not apologising for its failures.
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