Author: Niticentral Staff
Publication: Niticentral.com
Date: December 1, 2013
URL: http://www.niticentral.com/2013/12/01/narendra-modi-to-address-lalkar-rally-in-jammu-163484.html
BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, addressing his first rally in Jammu lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government for going into a deep slumber and even public anger is not able to wake them up.
Addressing a massive Lalkar Rally at MA Stadium in Jammu Modi said, “Government in Delhi is sleeping but they are in such deep slumber that people’s anger cannot wake them.”
Raising the issue of Pakistan sponsored terrorism Modi asked, “Is there any Government that will remain sleeping even when their people are getting killed?”
Modi echoed views expressed by party chief Rajnath Singh, who earlier even told at the Lalkar Rally that if Article 370 proved to be beneficial, his party would stand by the measure.
Referring to the provision, Modi said that women had not been given equal rights in the State unlike in other parts of the country.
“If Omar (Abdullah) married outside Kashmir, his rights of being a citizen remain whereas his sister Sara loses the right for the same. Is this not discrimination against the women in the State,” he asked, while referring to the Chief Minister’s family.
Taking on the Centre for its China policy, the Gujarat Chief Minister claimed that China had been distributing free SIM cards to villagers along the border with India.
“I want to ask whether our Telecom Ministry can’t provide the same,” he said.
Modi also spoke about ‘non-implmentation’ of the 73rd Amendment providing financial powers to Panchayats and took a veiled dig at the ruling National Conference, saying, “Those who talk about autonomy are not ready to provide the same to their own elected local bodies.”
He attacked the State Government for indulging in corruption and said the Prevention of Corruption Act is applicable everywhere other than Jammu & Kashmir.
“For 60 years they talked about separate State (autonomy) but what did people get? Nothing and there is no accountability also…In the name of separate State, they encouraged separatism.”
“It would have been better if they focused on creating a super State,” he said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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