Shashank Shekhar
Ranchi ( Jharkhand) : PM Narendra Modi while campaigning at Lohardaga in Jharkhand on April 24, 2019, for the NDA candidate came down heavily on the opposition parties that claimed the EVMs were being manipulated, saying after three phases of LS elections the ‘mahamilawatis’ have realised they stand no chance and are looking for excuses to defend their miserable show in the polls. Lohardaga is about 93 km away from Jharkhand capital Ranchi.
Addressing a rally at Lohardagae, PM Modi said the opposition parties have no option left than to accept their defeat. ” Like a child who makes excuses to justify his underperformance at exams, opposition parties have started directing their anger on the EVMs and the voting process for their pathetic show at the polls,” PM Modi said. Lashing out at the Congress, the prime minister said the “party that ended up shedding tears when Pakistan threatened India is eyeing the seat in Delhi”.
In a blistering attack on Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy for his alleged remark on the armed forces, PM Modi said those who believe that the poor join the army to make ends meet should drown to death. “It takes a lot of courage to fight on the border. Those who say that only the poor join the army to make ends meet should drown to death,” the Prime Minister said.
Stating that Indians everywhere were the responsibility of the ‘chowkidaar’ (watchman), PM Modi said he never discriminated people on the lines of religion or caste. He said, “”When 46 nurses were held captive in Iraq, we did our best to get our daughters back. When Kolkata’s Judith D’Souza was kidnapped in Afghanistan, we rescued her.”
Thanking the people of Jharkhand, who turned up in large numbers for his April 23, 2019, roadshow at Ranchi, PM Modi said, ” I was touched by the response that I received in Ranchi . It wasn’t a planned programme. The state unit of BJP requested me for the show only two days ago and I am glad that agreed to its proposal.”.