For Congress, their family is the country, says Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during the road show, after inaugurating the 9-km long section of Delhi-Meerut Expressway, in East Delhi, on Sunday. Pic/PTI

Making a stinging attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said those worshipping one family cannot respect democracy. Asking the people of the country to weigh their options, he, in a reference to the Congress, said that on the other side are those for whom their family is their country, while for him, the country is his family. Terming the Opposition party anti-poor and anti-Dalit, Modi said, "Whenever we announce any programme for upliftment of the backward classes, the Congress either stalls them, or it makes fun of such programmes."

"They find development a joke... sanitation, building toilets for women, opening bank accounts for women a joke... Only those with anti-poor mentality can find jokes in all these issues," Modi said after inaugurating the 135-km Eastern Peripheral Expressway. Accusing the Congress of lying for its political gains even in the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister said the party doesn't realise that it's creating instability in the country. "Now they are spreading a new lie among the farmers that if they give their land on contract farming, the government will charge them 18 per cent GST. The party which did not learn from their defeat in elections is spreading lies and misleading the farmers."