New Delhi: BJP leader Narendra Modi has said he wants to rid the nation of bad governance, vote bank politics, dynastic rule, corruption and misuse of constitutional institutions which were “nourished” by Congress governments.
The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate said the “biggest crisis” facing the nation is that people have lost confidence not only in the institution of the Prime Minister but the “very institution of the government” that is crucial to run the government.
Elaborating on the explanation for the slogan, he said a ‘Congress-free India’ necessarily means an India “free from bad governance, free from dynastic rule, free from the misuse of constitutional institutions, free from inflation, free from crises of different kinds.”
To buttress his point, he cited the work done by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government at the Centre and BJP governments led by him in Gujarat, Shivraj Singh Chauhan in Madhya Pradesh, Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh and Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan.
“BJP doesn’t believe in making hollow promises. It gives results. It works for the poor,” he said. Asked about his priorities, the Gujarat Chief Minister said his policies and programmes will be aimed at uplift of the poor by bringing out the system from “the current inertia”, infusing life into it and making it dynamic.
Alleging that the schemes of Congress were all directed at the politics of vote bank, he said, “They (Congress) have brought the nation to this sorry state of affairs. In such circumstances, our priorities must change.”
He said employment to the youth and skill development are the priority in the whole world and that these can be implemented just through a commitment.
“All we need is facilitating skill development for our youth, give them opportunities for employment… Why not train them to meet their requirements. These are small things but make a big difference,” Modi said.
