MP polls | ‘Congress leaders, dialogues are filmy’: Modi on ‘tear clothes’ banter
PM Modi promises to extend free ration scheme for “80 crore poor people of the country” for five years beyond December
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a jibe at the “tear Digvijaya Singh’s clothes” remark made by Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath last month, said in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh on Saturday (November 4) that Congress leaders, their “dialogues”, and their announcements are all “filmy”.
Speaking at a rally at Ratlam in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh ahead of the November 17 Assembly elections, Modi also announced that the free ration scheme for “80 crore poor persons” in the country would be extended for another five years.
“The Congress leaders are filmy, their dialogues are filmy, their announcements are filmy, their characters are also filmy, and when a character is filmy, the scene will obviously be filmy as well,” he said.
“A competition of tearing clothes is going on between two Congress leaders,” Modi said, in an apparent jibe at Nath’s statement made to protesting party workers last month that they should “tear Digvijaya Singh’s clothes” for not getting poll tickets. Singh later joined in the banter, saying since Nath signed the nomination papers, his clothes should be torn.
This was only a “trailer”, said the prime minister. “After the victory of the BJP on December 3 (when votes will be counted), the real picture of Congress will be seen here; the real conflict within the Congress will unfold,” he said.
If Congress leaders get an opportunity, they tear the clothes of the public, the prime minister added. “This is not a fight for the CM’s chair… This is a fight for the future of their sons who will get hold of Congress in the state... Congress is practising dynastic politics,” Modi said.
The prime minister also promised to extend the free ration (foodgrains under the public distribution system) scheme for “80 crore poor people of the country” for five years beyond this December, and said that “fulfilling the people’s dreams is Modi’s resolve”.
The Madhya Pradesh government’s flagship Ladli Behna and Ladli Laxmi schemes for women are being praised in the entire country, he said.
Accusing the Congress of being anti-tribal, Modi said it opposed the candidature of the first tribal woman president Droupadi Murmu by fielding a former BJP leader (Yashwant Sinha) against her.
The BJP would win the assembly elections in both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, he said.
“Be it the country or Madhya Pradesh, the Congress is left with only the trumpet of false announcements… Congress does not even have a concrete roadmap for the development of Madhya Pradesh. Congress cannot even think that far,” Modi said.
(With agency inputs)
