Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls | Congress ‘enemy’ of development: PM Modi at rallies
The Hindu
The Prime Minister asked to “vote for double-engine government for double benefits”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 9 pitched the Himachal Pradesh poll battle as between the "enemy of development" Congress and the "pro-development" BJP, stressing that people will get "double benefits" if his party is re-elected as he will be able to work more for them.
Addressing his last of the four poll meetings in the hill state at Sujanpur in Hamirpur district, he accused the Congress of "betraying" the people of Himachal and obstructing its development when it ran the government here till 2017 after he took office as Prime Minister in 2014.
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If the Congress comes to power in the State, it will not allow his government to work, Mr. Modi claimed.
He said he can do much more for Himachal if people " anukul" (favourable) to him are in power here and asked them to break the convention of voting out incumbent governments to ensure the state's development.
"Congress by nature is an enemy of development. It is the BJP that can take Himachal to new heights of development. Therefore, it is necessary for the BJP Government to retain power... It is a straight calculation.
"A BJP Government should be formed in Himachal so that it can benefit from Delhi [the Central Government]. It will bring double benefits," he told people at a rally in Sujanpur in Hamirpur district.
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