With just days to the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s poll campaign in Uttarakhand and Rajasthan a notch higher on Thursday, with rallies in Rishikesh and Karauli-Dholpur.
Voting in Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand will be held in a single phase on April 19. Counting will be held on June 4.
PM In Uttarakhand
Addressing the rally in Rishikesh, PM Modi said, “Today, there is a strong government in the country. Under this ‘mazboot Modi sarkar, atankwaadiyon ko ghar mein ghus ke mara jata hai’. Whenever we have had a weak government in the country our enemies have taken advantage.”
Attacking Congress, he said during the UPA regime, the soldiers did not even have bulletproof jackets.
“There was no proper arrangement to protect them from enemy bullets. It is the BJP which gave bulletproof jackets made in India to its soldiers, saving their lives. Today, everything from modern rifles to fighter planes and aircraft carriers is being made in the country itself,” he said.
He said that the weak Congress government could not build modern infrastructure on the borders and today, modern roads are being built on the border, and modern tunnels are being built.
He also hit out at Congress for skipping the Pran Prathishtha ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, and said, “Congress had raised many questions on the existence of Lord Ram. Even after they were invited to Ram Temple ‘Pran Pratishtha’ they boycotted it…Now, they have resolved and publically announced that they will destroy the ‘Shakti’ in Hindu religion.”
PM Modi was felicitated by BJP women leaders at the venue of his public meeting in Rishikesh. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami is also present there.
“Yesterday when I was in Tamil Nadu, India’s southern end, people were chanting ‘phir ek baar Modi Sarkaar’. Today, when I am in the lap of the Himalayas, at the foot of Baba Kedar and Badri Vishal, people here also are saying ‘phir ek baar Modi Sarkaar’. Same words are echoing everywhere,” he said.
PM Modi said the BJP government is continuously increasing rail, road and air connectivity in Uttarakhand.
“Work is underway on Rishikesh -Karanprayag railway line. Distance between Delhi to Dehradun is also reducing. Border villages which were called ‘last villages’ under Congress, are now being developed under BJP govt. Air services have started for Adi Kailash and Om Parvat. 900 km long highway is also being built to connect Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath,” the Prime Minister said.
This is the second rally of Prime Minister Modi in Uttarakhand. Earlier, the Prime Minister had also addressed a public meeting in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh on April 2.
PM In Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister Modi will address a public meeting on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. on the occasion of Gangaur in Karauli, Rajasthan.
The Prime Minister will address the Vijay Shankhnad rally in support of Indu Devi Jatav, the BJP candidate from Karauli-Dholpur Lok Sabha constituency. Along with the PM Modi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and other BJP leaders will also be present in the rally.
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