Jalandhar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Congress during a rally in Jalandhar and accused the party of ‘humiliating’ Amarinder Singh and trying to run the state government by ‘remote control’. PM Modi said that his government will work for a ‘drug-free’ and ‘nava Punjab’.
“Look at congress party today… Their own leaders are talking against their party…. How can such party work for the Punjab? How will they work for the development of Punjab?” PM Modi said while addressing his first physical rally in Punjab for the February 20 assembly polls.
He referred to Priyanka Gandhi’s comments about Amarinder Singh’s government ‘run by remote control’ by the government in Delhi. “They said we didn’t want Captain’s government to be run by Delhi. This means Congress governments are run by remote control by one family, not by the constitution," the Prime Minister said.
He also hit out at the Congress government in Punjab, saying he wanted to pay obeisance at the Devi Talab Mandir here, but the police and the administration were unable to make arrangements. PM Modi said his party will work for a drug-free Punjab and also launched a new slogan for his party’s campaign: “Nava Punjab, BJP de naal, Nava Punjab, nayi team de naal.”
He also lashed out at AAP and said, “Some people who are expert at getting liquor shops opened in every street have come to Punjab as well, they want to handover Punjab to drug mafias." Modi also hit out at the former ally Akali Dal and added that the double engine government will work for the benefit of farmers.
