Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi will address rally in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday.
On Friday, launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Narendra Modi said that the ruling party had betrayed people by failing to keep its promise to check inflation within 100 days before the last Lok Sabha election.
"Congress has betrayed the people as it had promised to check inflation within 100 days before the last elections, but failed to keep its words," Modi said at election rallies at Nuapada and Balangir in Odisha's hunger zone.
The BJP's prime ministerial candidate also targeted the BJD in Odisha as "useless and a non-performer", asking voters to dethrone the Congress from power at the Centre and the BJD in the state.
"The Congress is the repository of all evils. When you talk about corruption, price rise and bad governance, the name of Congress automatically comes to mind," Modi said.
Pointing out that inflation and plight of the people can never be controlled unless and until Congress is thrown out of power, the BJP leader said there was no prospect for the country as long as the Congress was in power.
He said that people in India were in general tolerant, they could forgive if someone committed a mistake, but they would definitely punish somebody who betrayed them.
Modi also mounted a blistering attack on the BJD government, headed by Naveen Patnaik in Odisha, accusing it of being "nikammi" (useless) and non-performing.
Those in power have taken people for granted and they think they will continue to get votes even without doing any work for the common people and their welfare, he said adding the non-performers and betrayers would be punished in the ensuing general election.
Emphasising that the elections this time were being fought by the people and not parties, Modi claimed that even before the polls, the results were out as people made up their mind to change governments at the Centre and in Odisha.
He described himself as a "sevak" (servant) and reminded people that the country at this juncture needed a servant and not administrator.
People should give him an opportunity to serve them by voting for the BJP, he said.
Modi said voters must reject dynastic rule both at the Centre and in Odisha.
Referring to Odisha's glorious past and rich cultural heritage, he said state BJP president K V Singhdeo's grand father late R N Singhdeo was the first to make the state Congress-free and "now we need to make India Congress-free."
Concerned over the present condition of Odisha, Modi said he was pained to see the state getting ruined and destroyed during the 14-year rule of BJD.
Whenever poverty is discussed, the name of Odisha is cited as an example, he says adding "when people talk about starvation and hunger they give the example of Kalahandi in the state."
The situation must be changed and common people's condition improved by bringing about a change in the mindset of the people, Modi said.
Stating that a large number of youths from Odisha move to places like Surat in Gujarat in search of jobs, the BJP leader said large-scale migration takes place due to lack of employment opportunities and infrastructure in Odisha.
Despite being endowed with huge coal reserves, vast parts of Odisha remain under darkness without electricity for which both the Centre and Naveen government are responsible, he said adding those who have failed to serve the people properly have no right to remain in power.
Citing the example of Kutch in Gujart which faced water scarcity, Modi said earlier some 900 camels were engaged for water supply in the region but his government laid huge pipelines for water supply.
"The pipes laid for supplying water are so huge that Naveen Patnaik can go for a car ride over it," he quipped.
(with PTI inputs)
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