PM Narendra Modi compares Congress with ‘rusted iron’. Top quotes from his Bhopal rally
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It is not being run by leaders," the PM said. He said Congress has been outsourced and "urban Naxals have got the contract". "They are holding sway in Congress which is being felt by that party's workers on the ground.
The Congress is becoming redundant on the ground," he added. Modi said he wanted to caution women of Madhya Pradesh as the "ghamandia" (INDIA) alliance has reluctantly supported the women’s quota bill. "Its allies hampered the passage of the bill for the last 30 years.
Now they raise their hand out of compulsion as the women are awakened. They ran the government for decades with a majority but why they did not push the bill through?" Modi asked. He said women should remain alert against the efforts to divide them and added the opposition will try to find chinks in this bill.
Modi also targeted Rahul Gandhi without taking his name, saying for Congress leaders born with a silver spoon, "the life of poor people is like an adventure tourism and picnic and the poor person's agri field is a place for video shooting and photo session". He said first-time voters in MP are fortunate that they have seen only the BJP rule in the state, which is the important centre of India's development vision. For a developed India, MP too needs to be developed, he added.
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