- Monday, March 10, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (11) accused the opposition Indian National Congress of outsourcing the contract of abusing him.
Addressing a rally in Jamkandorna town of Rajkot district in Gujarat ahead of the state assembly elections due in December, Modi warned workers and supporters of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to be aware of the Congress which, he said, has stopped abusing him and is “working silently” to capture rural votes.
“In the last 20 years, those who were against Gujarat left no stone unturned to defame the state. They hurled choicest abuses against me, including calling me ‘maut ka saudagar‘ (the merchant of death),” the prime minister said.
“They have suddenly gone silent. They have outsourced the contract of creating ruckus, making noise and abusing me, to others. They are silently going to villages and asking people for votes,” he said, without naming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the new entrant to the poll fray in Gujarat.
“I should warn you against this silent strategy of the opposition party. I know this as this is being controlled by those who are known to conspire against Gujarat from Delhi,” the PM said.
He told the people to ask Congress leaders if they visited the ‘Statue of Unity’, built in Gujarat in the honour of India’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was also called the ‘Iron Man of India’ because of his uncompromising commitment towards integrating the country.
“Those who don’t respect son of soil Sardar Patel should not have any place in Gujarat,” Modi said.
“If the government acts against the corrupt, a group shouts against us; should I not act against those involved in looting people,” he added.
[With PTI inputs]
