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Modi’s dig at PM on good times
Modi’s dig at PM on good times, Narendra Modi, Next Lok Sabha polls. Modi invoked icons like Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel and pitched his vision of a developed India.
New Delhi: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the coming of good times. On the Prime Minister’s statement that there is no need to despair and that good days are coming, Modi said definitely good days are coming, but the nation may have to wait for four to six months, hinting at the BJP coming to power after the next Lok Sabha polls.
BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said, “The Prime Minister said a good thing yesterday that we should not lose heart, good days are coming soon. I don't need want to say anything more. You may have to wait four-six months but better days are coming.”
Speaking at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in the Capital on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, “I wish to assure you that there is no reason to despair about our present or worry about our future. Indeed, as I have said earlier, we are heading into better times ahead and I would urge you to remain engaged in the future of this country with confidence and optimism.”
Modi invoked icons like Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel and pitched his vision of a developed India. “Had it not been for Sardar Patel's foresight, we may have had to get a Pakistani visa to see Gir lions.” Paying a glowing tribute to India's first Home Minister, who was Jawaharlal Nehru’s Deputy Prime Minister in the first Government, Modi urged NRIs to support his project to build a giant Sardar Patel statue in the river Narmada.
Modi made several veiled attacks at the Central Government, saying NRIs now wanted to deal directly with state governments. “When we talk about NRIs, we think that they will bring dollars and pounds. Our Indian brothers and sisters should not be weighed in dollars and pounds. They have a different work culture, global exposure, knowledge and experience. This experience can take us in a new direction," he said.
Modi listed what he termed as two big incidents that occurred at which Indians played a huge role in history. One was in 1975, during Emergency, when democracy was hit and the entire country was up in arms. The second was when, the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee conducted the nuclear test in 1998 and sanctions were imposed on India. “I have seen these two incidents closely and the third is the 2014 elections, for which people across the world are eager to contribute,” Modi added.
