Congress Spread Lies About EVMs, Should Apologise To Country, Says PM Modi

VASCO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mentioned that Congress ought to apologise to the nation for making false claims in regards to the Electronic Voting Machines after the Supreme Court held that EVMs have strengthened India’s democracy. Speaking at an election rally right here within the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency, he additionally mentioned that Goa was a mannequin of his get together’s “saturation approach” to improvement and welfare. 

Speaking earlier than an viewers of about 50,000, the PM famous that Goa has witnessed some key developments in his political life. “All my turning points have happened in Goa. The party’s (BJP’s) decision to make me PM was also taken in Goa. My destiny was written in Goa,” Modi mentioned. Seizing on the EVM difficulty after the Supreme Court on Friday rejected pleas for reviving paper ballots and held that suspicions concerning tampering of the voting machines had been unfounded, the PM accused the Congress of spreading lies. 

“Whenever they lose election, they blame it on EVMs. They have tried to create suspicion about EVMs,” he mentioned. “The SC has clearly stated that EVMs are good, and elections conducted through EVMs are good, and it has strengthened the democracy,” the prime minister added, asking the viewers whether or not Congress ought to “apologise or not” over the problem. 

“They won’t apologise. They are in the seventh heaven with arrogance. They can go to any extent to defame Modi,” he mentioned. The two phases of the overall elections are over, and contemplating the suggestions from the bottom and the keenness of voters, there have been clear indications that will probably be “Phir Ek Bar Modi Sarkar (Modi government once again),” the prime minister mentioned. 

The elections had been between the ideologies of the BJP-led NDA which is working to fulfil the aspirations of the nation’s residents and believes within the saturation method, and the “INDI alliance which works for their selfish benefits and families,” he mentioned. In his final speech in Goa, he had spoken in regards to the BJP’s saturation method, the PM mentioned. 

“The saturation approach means `Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’, saturation approach means the benefit of government schemes should be provided to all without any differentiation. Goa is the right model of the saturation approach,” he mentioned. In the final ten years, so much has occurred within the nation however he is not going to sit idle, the prime minister mentioned. “Modi is not born to (rest and) enjoy. Modi works day and night. Modi lives your dreams. Your dreams are Modi’s `sankalp’ (resolution),” he mentioned. 

He was persevering with after doing a lot within the final ten years as a result of it was solely a trailer, and a lot extra was to be finished, the prime minister mentioned. “You note down Modi Ki Guarantee, in the next year, three crore new pucca houses would be constructed for the poor,” he mentioned, including that BJP employees ought to discover out those that wouldn’t have their very own home but and guarantee them that after June 4 (the day election outcomes are anticipated to be introduced), they’ll get a home. Middle-class households dwelling in rented lodging within the cities can even be given help to construct their very own home, he mentioned. Free medical remedy shall be offered to senior residents above 70 years of age, he added. Congress by no means considered fisherfolk and it was his authorities that created a separate ministry for fisheries and allotted funds for it, the prime minister mentioned. 

“We gave Kisan credit cards to fishermen….We will increase the insurance coverage for fishermen,” he mentioned, including that cultivation of natural seaweed shall be inspired to complement their earnings. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Goa was his authorities’s precedence for attaining 100 per cent vaccination, he identified. “Any political leader would have thought this benefit should be given to a place where there are 40-50 (Lok Sabha) seats, why bother about Goa which has only two seats. But I knew that if vaccination was completed in Goa, then tourists will start arriving…. No (past) government would have thought so much about Goa,” Modi added. 

The authorities’s new mission “Wed In India” would particularly profit Goa attributable to its scenic panorama, he mentioned. Congress and its alliance companions had been creating negativity, he alleged. “Congress is insulting our Indian Constitution. Its Goa candidate has made a revelation which has exposed the reality of Congress and its hidden agenda that they are not bothered about the Indian Constitution. This is a ploy against the country,” the PM mentioned, referring to Congress’ South Goa candidate Viriato Fernandes’s assertion that the Constitution was imposed on Goa after it was liberated from Portuguese rule. Article 370 which gave a particular standing to Jammu and Kashmir continued for therefore lengthy due to this mentality, he claimed. 

“INDI alliance is speaking about bringing back Article 370. Will we allow Article 370 to be brought back? Congress is involved in dangerous games to please its vote bank. Congress wants to give one part from SC, ST, OBC reservation to their vote bank. They have started the work in Karnataka,” Modi alleged. He additionally claimed that the opposition get together needed to impose a 55 per cent tax on folks’s wealth. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Goa BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade and the get together’s candidates Shripad Naik (North Goa) and Pallavi Dempo (South Goa) had been current on the public assembly.