Modi: 2 speeches at 2 places, how PM Modi focused on guarantees
NEW DELHI: The defeat in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka assembly elections due to guarantees promised by the Congress seems to have taught the BJP a lesson. On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered two speeches – one in Delhi and the other one at Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh – and “Modi’s guarantee” was the refrain at both the places.
In both his speeches, the prime minister uttered the word “guarantee” several times. It seems to have been aimed at the Congress which promised 10 guarantees in the Himachal Pradesh assembly election held last year and five guarantees in the Karnataka assembly election held in May.
The BJP lost both the elections. Buoyed by its success in the two states, the Congress is likely to announce guarantees again in the assembly elections to be held in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram later this year. Wary of this, PM Modi seems to have started countering the Congress.
Addressing the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress at Pragati Maidan in the national capital in the morning on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives, the prime minister said the government bought the farmers’ produce at an increased minimum support price (MSP) and handed out more than Rs 15 lakh crore to the farmers in the last nine years.
The PM said, “On an average, the government is spending more than Rs 6.5 lakh crore yearly on agriculture and farmers… The government is making sure that every farmer in the country receives around Rs 50,000 every year in some way or the other. This is Modi’s guarantee.”
PM Modi went to Shahdol in the afternoon to launch the National Sickle Cell Anemia Eradication Mission 2047 and to also start the distribution of over 3 crore digital Ayushman cards in the country and 1 crore PVC Ayushman Bharat cards in MP.
Addressing the gathering in MP, he again talked about guarantees, and this time extensively.
He alleged that the Congress and other “family-centric” parties are giving “false” guarantees to people and old squabbles among them indicate there is no guarantee of opposition unity, a remark coming against the backdrop of a bid to form an anti-BJP bloc.
He also said dynastic parties work only for the welfare of their families. Those people facing graft charges and out on bail are together with those who are sentenced for scams, Modi added.
“Beware of false (poll) guarantees being given by family-centric parties including Congress. Such people have brought schemes of guarantees though they don’t have their own (political) guarantee,” the prime minister said.
“Amid the promises of guarantees, you also have to be careful of those who give false guarantees. Identify their hidden deception and game in the name of false guarantee,” Modi said.
“The guarantee of such people (Opposition parties) claiming to have come together today means there is something wrong somewhere. Their old statements are going viral on social media. They have always been cursing each other by drinking water. This means this is not a guarantee of the opposition unity,” he said.
He said whenever they (opposition parties) guarantee free power, it means they are going to increase the tariff while the guarantees of free travel entail that transportation in a state is going to be ruined.
“Whenever they give a guarantee of pension, it means employees are not even going to get salaries on time. When they give a guarantee of providing cheaper petrol it means they are planning to increase taxes.
“When they give a guarantee of (providing) jobs, it means they will bring policies to ruin industries and business…The guarantees being given by parties like Congress means a flaw in the intention and harm to the poor”, the PM said.
Modi said they (opposition parties) failed to give a guarantee of providing full meals to the poor during the last 70 years but the BJP government has given a guarantee of free ration to more than 80 crore people under the PM Gareeb Kalyan Yojana.
The previous governments didn’t pay attention to the health of the poor but the BJP government has given a guarantee of free treatment under Ayushman Yojana to 50 crore poor beneficiaries, he said.
Modi said his government has given a guarantee of smoke-free cooking to 10 crore women under the Ujjawala scheme, and a loan for self-employment under Mudra Yojana to 8 crore beneficiaries, but the previous governments didn’t do anything for people.
He said family-centric parties including Congress are hobnobbing together, an apparent reference to the recent meeting of anti-BJP parties held in Patna. He said these dynastic parties work only for the welfare of their own families.
“They do not have the guarantee of taking the normal family of the country forward. Those who are facing corruption charges are out on bail. They are together with those who are sentenced for scams,” Modi said in an apparent reference to the Patna conclave where leaders of Congress, JD (U), NCP, RJD, AAP and others met recently.
He said such people cannot guarantee a corruption-free government and terror-free India.
“Stay away from such false guarantees. They are making a statement against the country in one voice. They are holding meetings with anti-national elements. They will leave after giving a guarantee but you will have to suffer,” Modi said.
He said Ayushman Card is a guarantee of Rs 5 lakh treatment in hospitals. “It is the guarantee of Modi,” he added.
He said the New Education Policy (NEP) has addressed the challenge of language faced by tribal students. Modi said those people who give false guarantees are opposing NEP.
Meanwhile, the 10 guarantees of the Congress in Himachal Pradesh included revival of old pension scheme (OPS), employment opportunities for 5 lakh youth, women to receive a compensation of Rs 1,500 per month, 300 units of free electricity, a start-up fund of Rs 680 crore for the youth, opening four English medium schools in every legislative assembly region, free medical treatment in every village through mobile clinics and purchasing of cow dung cakes at Rs 2 per kg.
Similarly, the Congress promised five guarantees in Karnataka. They included Gruha Jyoti (200 units of free power to all households), Gruha Lakshmi (Rs 2000 monthly assistance to women head of every family), Anna Bhagya (10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household), Yuva Nidhi (Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders in the age group of 18-25 for two years) and Uchita Prayana (free travel for women in public transport buses).
(With PTI inputs)
In both his speeches, the prime minister uttered the word “guarantee” several times. It seems to have been aimed at the Congress which promised 10 guarantees in the Himachal Pradesh assembly election held last year and five guarantees in the Karnataka assembly election held in May.
The BJP lost both the elections. Buoyed by its success in the two states, the Congress is likely to announce guarantees again in the assembly elections to be held in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram later this year. Wary of this, PM Modi seems to have started countering the Congress.
Addressing the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress at Pragati Maidan in the national capital in the morning on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives, the prime minister said the government bought the farmers’ produce at an increased minimum support price (MSP) and handed out more than Rs 15 lakh crore to the farmers in the last nine years.
The PM said, “On an average, the government is spending more than Rs 6.5 lakh crore yearly on agriculture and farmers… The government is making sure that every farmer in the country receives around Rs 50,000 every year in some way or the other. This is Modi’s guarantee.”
PM Modi went to Shahdol in the afternoon to launch the National Sickle Cell Anemia Eradication Mission 2047 and to also start the distribution of over 3 crore digital Ayushman cards in the country and 1 crore PVC Ayushman Bharat cards in MP.
Addressing the gathering in MP, he again talked about guarantees, and this time extensively.
He alleged that the Congress and other “family-centric” parties are giving “false” guarantees to people and old squabbles among them indicate there is no guarantee of opposition unity, a remark coming against the backdrop of a bid to form an anti-BJP bloc.
He also said dynastic parties work only for the welfare of their families. Those people facing graft charges and out on bail are together with those who are sentenced for scams, Modi added.
“Beware of false (poll) guarantees being given by family-centric parties including Congress. Such people have brought schemes of guarantees though they don’t have their own (political) guarantee,” the prime minister said.
“Amid the promises of guarantees, you also have to be careful of those who give false guarantees. Identify their hidden deception and game in the name of false guarantee,” Modi said.
“The guarantee of such people (Opposition parties) claiming to have come together today means there is something wrong somewhere. Their old statements are going viral on social media. They have always been cursing each other by drinking water. This means this is not a guarantee of the opposition unity,” he said.
He said whenever they (opposition parties) guarantee free power, it means they are going to increase the tariff while the guarantees of free travel entail that transportation in a state is going to be ruined.
“Whenever they give a guarantee of pension, it means employees are not even going to get salaries on time. When they give a guarantee of providing cheaper petrol it means they are planning to increase taxes.
“When they give a guarantee of (providing) jobs, it means they will bring policies to ruin industries and business…The guarantees being given by parties like Congress means a flaw in the intention and harm to the poor”, the PM said.
Modi said they (opposition parties) failed to give a guarantee of providing full meals to the poor during the last 70 years but the BJP government has given a guarantee of free ration to more than 80 crore people under the PM Gareeb Kalyan Yojana.
The previous governments didn’t pay attention to the health of the poor but the BJP government has given a guarantee of free treatment under Ayushman Yojana to 50 crore poor beneficiaries, he said.
Modi said his government has given a guarantee of smoke-free cooking to 10 crore women under the Ujjawala scheme, and a loan for self-employment under Mudra Yojana to 8 crore beneficiaries, but the previous governments didn’t do anything for people.
He said family-centric parties including Congress are hobnobbing together, an apparent reference to the recent meeting of anti-BJP parties held in Patna. He said these dynastic parties work only for the welfare of their own families.
“They do not have the guarantee of taking the normal family of the country forward. Those who are facing corruption charges are out on bail. They are together with those who are sentenced for scams,” Modi said in an apparent reference to the Patna conclave where leaders of Congress, JD (U), NCP, RJD, AAP and others met recently.
He said such people cannot guarantee a corruption-free government and terror-free India.
“Stay away from such false guarantees. They are making a statement against the country in one voice. They are holding meetings with anti-national elements. They will leave after giving a guarantee but you will have to suffer,” Modi said.
He said Ayushman Card is a guarantee of Rs 5 lakh treatment in hospitals. “It is the guarantee of Modi,” he added.
He said the New Education Policy (NEP) has addressed the challenge of language faced by tribal students. Modi said those people who give false guarantees are opposing NEP.
Meanwhile, the 10 guarantees of the Congress in Himachal Pradesh included revival of old pension scheme (OPS), employment opportunities for 5 lakh youth, women to receive a compensation of Rs 1,500 per month, 300 units of free electricity, a start-up fund of Rs 680 crore for the youth, opening four English medium schools in every legislative assembly region, free medical treatment in every village through mobile clinics and purchasing of cow dung cakes at Rs 2 per kg.
Similarly, the Congress promised five guarantees in Karnataka. They included Gruha Jyoti (200 units of free power to all households), Gruha Lakshmi (Rs 2000 monthly assistance to women head of every family), Anna Bhagya (10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household), Yuva Nidhi (Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders in the age group of 18-25 for two years) and Uchita Prayana (free travel for women in public transport buses).
(With PTI inputs)
