Congress bankrupt, Urban Naxals running the show: PM Modi

While the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, to provide 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, was passed unanimously in Rajya Sabha, only two AIMIM members opposed it in Lok Sabha.

Addressing a ‘Karyakarta Mahakumbh’ in Bhopal to mark the culmination of the Jan Ashirwad Yatra, which travelled through all 230 Assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh and covered over 10,000 kms, Modi cautioned women not to be “misled” by the Opposition’s support for the Bill.

“The Congress and its new ghamandiya alliance had a very difficult time supporting this Bill… The people in their alliance are the ones who prevented this law for 20 years… They supported the women’s reservation Bill only because of political compulsions,” he said.

Urban Naxals are running the Congress Party! pic.twitter.com/sLHFuLg8fy

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 25, 2023

He said the “Congress no longer possesses a vision for the future” and was like an “iron left out in the rain, rusting away”.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Samajwadi Party (SP), which are part of the Opposition’s INDIA grouping, were among those which had opposed the Bill earlier, seeking reservation within the women’s quota for OBCs.

“The moment they get an opportunity, this ghamandiya alliance is ready to betray the mothers and sisters… Their mentality hasn’t changed. I want to tell you one more thing, they will play a new game for sure… they will try to divide women’s power. They don’t want women to unite. Remember, these are the same people who tried to stop Droupadi Murmu, an Adivasi woman, from becoming the President, insulting her repeatedly,” Modi said.

That the BJP is seeing women’s reservation as a poll plank was clear from the optics of the rally. When Modi came on the stage, amid cheers from the crowd, women from the state BJP unit presented him a giant garland to thank him for getting the Bill passed.

“Our effort was to pave the way for the prosperity of sisters, enabling daughters to stand on their own feet. That’s why I tell every mother, sister, and daughter of the country that no matter how hard they (Opposition) try, don’t get influenced. We have crossed a difficult path. It is the auspicious beginning of a meaningful change,” he said.

Exhorting voters to give a decisive mandate to the BJP, Modi said Madhya Pradesh would once again become a ‘BIMARU’ state if the Congress returned to power.

“Today, I want to tell the people of our country and the people of Madhya Pradesh something important. The Congress has given away all its decision-making power. We are seeing that Congress workers with their ears close to the ground are sitting quietly with locks on their mouths,” Modi said.

“The Congress… is bankrupt now, (it) has handed over contracts to others. The Congress has become a company outsourcing everything, from slogans to policies… Who holds the contract of the Congress? Congress’s contract is with some Urban Naxals now. Urban Naxals are the ones running the show in the Congress. This is what every Congress worker feels on the ground. That’s why the Congress is continuously deteriorating on the ground,” he said.

Saying that the Congress “no longer possesses a vision for the future”, Modi compared the party to “iron left out in the rain, (which is) rusting away”.

“This is a crucial time to develop Madhya Pradesh and to make India a developed country. If a dynasty-oriented party like the Congress, with a history of thousands of crores in scams, and parties that indulge in vote-bank politics and appeasement, get even a slight chance during this crucial time, it will cause significant damage to Madhya Pradesh,” he said.

In an indirect jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Modi said that “leaders born with a silver spoon don’t understand or care for the lives of the poor”. “For Congress leaders, the life of the poor is like adventure tourism. The slums of the poor have become locations for picnic videos. The fields of poor farmers are turned into photo-session grounds. They have done the same in the past too,” he said.

“Among their friends in India and abroad, they made a mockery of India’s poor and they continue to do so today. Meanwhile, the BJP government is making India prosperous and presenting this grand image to the world, showing strength,” he said.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Ministers Narendra Tomar, Jyotraditya Scindia, Prahlad Singh Patel, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Virendra Kumar Khatik were among those present on the occasion.