Interestingly, Modi made no mention of the recent carnage in Mathura where at least 28 people, including two police officers were killed in a bloody struggle between politically patronised squatters and the police.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the massive BJP rally in Allahabad on Monday to slam the party's main opponents, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the BSP, accusing them of a range of evils, including corruption, nepotism, casteism and misgovernance. Modi looked delighted by the constant cheers he drew from the huge crowd which seemed to relish his caustic eloquence.
"These two parties have a contract. It's a 'jugalbandi'. When one is in power, the other levels numerous allegations of corruption, nepotism and so many other things. But, SP has been in power for about five years. But it hasn't done anything against any BSP leader. Now, if the BSP comes to power, it will do nothing about the SP's corruption. This contract of looting UP one by one for five years should stop," he said. "The people of UP need to be liberated from this vicious circle of Sapa (SP) and Basapa (BSP)," he remarked, drawing an extended applause from the crowd.
Interestingly, Modi made no mention of the recent carnage in Mathura where at least 28 people, including two police officers were killed in a bloody struggle between politically patronised squatters and the police. He also made no reference to the Kairana controversy whereby the BJP has alleged that about 350 Hindus had been compelled to flee this western UP town because of alleged oppression from the minority community, though BJP chief Amit Shah and Union home minister Rajnath Singh dwelt on both these topics to lambast the Akhilesh Yadav regime in UP.
During his elaborate speech, which lasted about 80 minutes, Modi pandered to the UPites' ego giving them full credit for the BJP's impressive victory in Lok Sabha 2014. "India can develop only if UP progresses. A developed UP can make us number one in the world," he gushed.
He followed it up with an emotional appeal to give the BJP a chance to rule UP, and almost shocked the audience as he said: "If we harm UP for personal gains (like the SP and BSP), you are free to kick us out."
Though the PM went all guns blazing at the SP and the BSP, he didn't spare the Congress either. "For years, we had been hearing about helicopter scam, submarine deal, corruption in purchase of guns (read Bofors) etc. But it's only when we formed the government, we came to know that these people were stealing even in the name of cooking gas. As much as Rs 15,000 crore was being bungled in cooking gas subsidies annually (during the Congress regime)," he said.
Modi pointed out his government's sterling performance, particularly in making records in laying roads and rail tracks, rural electrification and coal production. "If we get an opportunity in UP, we will try to do in five years what has not been done in 50 years," he said.
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