SEPT 27- In his characteristic style, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA government, accusing Singh of sharing “Chicken Biryani” with the Pakistan Prime minister while Indian jawans were being killed on the borders.
“What is the reason that Pak soldiers kill our jawans on the border and the govt in Delhi cites protocol to feed the Pak PM biryani,” said Modi
Addressing a huge gathering at Tiruchirapalli, Modi, who alternated between Hindi and English and even a bit of carefully scripted Tamil went on to accuse the UPA of compromising the country’s unity and integrity. He urged the voters to throw out the “divisive” Congress and free the country.
Modi said the UPA government was too gutless to take on the challenges from the neighbourhood, naming Pakistan and Sri Lanka. To contrast, he pointed to the way Brazil dealt with a US delegation after that country was found snooping into its affairs, and US President Barack Obama’s refusal to visit Russia since the latter gave political asylum to Edward Snowden. Modi held that neither Pakistan nor sri Lanka had dared to behave the way they do now with India during AB Vajpayee’s reign.
On the economic front he said that the value of the Rupee was on an unchecked fall and economic pundits have been warned that if this went on, crores of Indians will be jobless in another five years.
Modi also criticised the UPA for the UID card muddle. He asked that the PM to explain that who would be benefitted by the Aadhar cards, just as the Supreme Court has asked it now.
Before he arrived in the town, the police had carted away over 300 protestors agitating against his visit to the town. A huge security blanket was thrown around Tiruchirappalli with over 4,000 policemen deployed in a three tier security ring.
BJP national president Rajnath Singh, National spokesperson Nirmala Seetharaman, state president Pon Radhakrishnan and the party’s national secretary L. Ganesan were among those present in the rally.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court had refused to ban Modi’s meeting on a petition filed by a local lawyer, which cited the example of Muzaffarnagar underlining that the UP govt had refused permission to Modi to visit the place after the communal carnage. Several schools around the meeting venue were ordered to remain closed today for Modi’s meeting.
About 100 students belonging to a minority community school near the venue were arrested when they objected to the closure of the institution.
INDIA TODAY
