New Delhi: Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a sterling attack on the Congress party as has said that India’s institutions have been the biggest casualty of dynastic politics.
In a blog posted on PM Modi’s website on Wednesday, he wrote about the current government’s productivity and he said that the public voted decisively in the 2014 general elections for “honesty over dynasty” and “development over decay”.
“As you go to vote- remember the past and how one family’s desire for power cost the nation so greatly. If they could do it then, they can surely do it now. Eternal vigilance remains the price of liberty,” he wrote.
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“Indians were tired of our beloved nation being in the Fragile Five, where corruption, cronyism and nepotism made headlines instead of anything positive, PM Modi added.
Taking a jibe at the opposition over the dynasty politics, Prime Minister said, “Dynastic parties have never been comfortable with a free and vibrant press. No wonder, the very first Constitutional Amendment brought in by the Congress government sought to curtail free speech. Speaking truth to power, which is the hallmark of a free press was seen as vulgar and indecent.”
PM Modi further talked about the decision of Emergency by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
“When the sun set on the evening of 25th June 1975, it took with it the democratic ethos of India. A hurried radio address by the then Prime Minister showed the extent to which the Congress can go to safeguard the interests of one dynasty,” PM Modi wrote.
Talking about Congress leaders’ comments on the Army, PM Modi slammed them.
“When a top Congress leader calls the Army Chief a Gunda and is subsequently promoted in the party rank and file, it shows their scant regard for the forces. When our forces strike at terrorist elements, Congress leaders accuse the political leadership of doing ‘Khoon Ki Dalali.’” PM Modi said.