Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Congress at a public meeting in Bengaluru, alleging that the party “knows only to betray” and changes its stand as political winds shift.
Referring to the Congress’ alliance moves involving the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, Modi claimed the Congress had “stabbed the DMK in the back” despite the DMK having helped sustain the Congress-led dispensation at the Centre for 10 years. He said the Congress discarded the DMK once it found another political option to “ride on” for power.
Modi further alleged that the Congress has lost people’s confidence across the country due to “fake promises” and “poor administration”, and argued that Congress governments face anti-incumbency within months and struggle to return for a second consecutive term in any state.
He also said the Congress and its allies, unable to accept repeated electoral defeats, have begun blaming courts and investigative agencies, and accused the party of showing hostility towards the Constitution, democracy and the judiciary.
Highlighting BJP’s growth, Modi said the party’s strength in West Bengal rose from three MLAs a decade ago to 200 now, and that it has three MLAs in Kerala as well. He added that the day the BJP-led NDA crosses a majority in Kerala is “not far away”, and took a swipe at the stability of Congress-led governments, including in Karnataka.
