Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 8 took a sharp dig at the Congress, likening it to bitter gourd whose flavour, he said, remains unchanged even when it is “fried in ghee or sweetened with sugar”.
The BJP leader attributed many of the country’s problems to the grand old party and framed the upcoming election as a battle between “stability and instability”.
Addressing his first rally in Maharashtra for the general election, Mr. Modi, who is seeking a third consecutive term in office, accused the Opposition of craving power solely to indulge in corrupt practices. “The Congress is the source of all problems in the country. Who was responsible for the partition of the country based on religion, Kashmir, or Naxalism? Who opposed Ram temple construction and questioned the existence of Lord Ram with a battery of advocates? Who declined the Ram temple invite?” the 73-year-old asked at an impressive gathering at Chandrapur, known as the ‘City of Black Gold’. The city houses the country’s largest power station with a capacity of 2,340 MW, which accounts for 25% of the State’s power needs.
