Aalo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday headed to the northeast to campaign for the much anticipated 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
PM Modi started his northeast voyage from Aalo in Arunachal Pradesh where he once again launched an attack on Congress and its President Rahul Gandhi for his chowkidar jibe.
PM Modi said they “abuse chowkidar despite being out on bail”, taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi referring to their court cases.
“There are leaders, who sit in Delhi and evade tax, take away farmers’ land, earn lakhs of rupees as rent from government land given for a newspaper and get the commission in defence deals. They are out on bail granted by court…They have barely escaped (jail). They are on bail themselves but abuse chowkidar,” PM Modi said.
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PM Modi also took on the opposition for questioning the government over the recent Balakot airstrike and the success of Mission Shakti.
“When scientists achieved success, they mocked them. The achievements which make the entire nation proud, they get rattled. They speak the same language as terrorists,” PM Modi said.
“No one is bothered about them in the country, they are being hailed in Pakistan. Their photographs are published in the newspapers there,” PM Modi added.
The party has set a target of winning 25 seats from the region. In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP had won eight seats, seven in Assam and one in Arunachal Pradesh.