Modi slams Congress, BJD over poverty

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for keeping people poor in the country for their personal gain and vote bank politics.
“In fact, the Congress and BJD see their political crop in poverty. This is the reason a large part of India including Odisha has remained impoverished for so many decades,” said Modi at an election rally in Sonepur.
He said generation after generation the Congress was able to give only raised slogans for the eradication of poverty. While people got poorer, their leaders got richer. Poverty will automatically vanish if Congress disappears, he added.
Modi said Congress has planned to implement a policy that will lead to inflation with the increase of the price of essential commodities.
“This election will decide whether our India’s heroes will emerge strong or those who take Pakistan’s side,” said the Prime Minister.
“Do you want a majboor sarkar (dependent government) or a majboot sarkar (strong government),” Modi asked the gathering at Sonepur.