Every mother, daughter form of ‘Shakti’ for me: PM Modi in response to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘shakti’ jibe

PTI, Mar 18, 2024, 6:02 PM IST

Jagtial (Telangana): Asserting that for him every mother and daughter was a form of “Shakti”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the upcoming polls will be a fight between those who want to destroy “Shakti” and those who worship them.

Launching a counterattack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his ‘Shakti’ jibe against him, Modi said the nation dedicated ‘Chandrayaan’s’ success to ‘Shiv Shakti’ and the opposition parties are talking about destroying “Shakti”.

In his first rally here in Telangana after the announcement of the poll dates for the Lok Sabha, he also said the people of Telangana will script a new history on May 13 by voting for ‘Viksit (developed) Bharat’ in the elections and asserted that the Congress and BRS will be wiped out.

“On Sunday in Mumbai, there was an INDI alliance rally after the announcement of the schedule for elections. They announced their manifesto at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, and said their fight was against ‘Shakti’. For me, every mother and every daughter is a form of ‘Shakti’. Mothers and sisters, I worship you as ‘Shakti’. I am Bharat Maa’s ‘pujari’,” he asserted.

“INDI alliance in its manifesto announced to finish/destroy Shakti. I accept their challenge. I will sacrifice my life for the security of mothers and sisters,” he further said.

Gandhi in his speech on Sunday said: “Our fight against Modi is not on a personal level. Modi is a ‘mask’ who works for a ‘Shakti’ (power). He is a shallow man who doesn’t have a 56-inch chest.”

Noting that people’s support for BJP was growing continuously in Telangana, Modi said as the voting day nears there is a BJP wave in Telangana. People of the country and Telangana say ‘ab ki baar, 400 paar’ (400 seats for NDA).

During his over half an hour-long speech, the Prime Minister also attacked the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in the state and the BRS.

The Congress crushed the dreams of Telangana, while BRS used the emotions of people, he said.

Alleging that Congress has made Telangana its ‘ATM state’, he alleged that “the money looted from Telangana goes to Delhi. There, it reaches the safe of ‘parivarvadi’ people. The same money is used for funding conspiracies of lies and division.”

Congress used to make allegations against BRS at the time of elections, but the same Congress is sitting on the files of BRS, he alleged. and claimed that no one in the Congress was seeking answers on the “Kaleshwaram scam”.

“The Telangana people are watching how strong the collusion between Congress and TRS (BRS) is,” he said.

BRS is not questioning the Congress government in Telangana about the many promises it had made to people, he said.

Both Congress and BRS support each other, he said and added that when there is an investigation on the scams of the two parties, they abuse Modi together.

“Modi gives a guarantee to Telangana people that those who loot Telangana will not be spared,” he said.

The Prime Minister also hit out at opposition parties over dynasty politics, saying the name of the “biggest family” of Congress cropped up in connection with the ‘National Herald scandal’ and Bofors scam.

The name of the family that runs the RJD cropped up in connection with the fodder scam and “land for jobs scam” in Bihar, he said.

“The ‘parivarvadi’ BRS did the Kaleshwaram (irrigation scheme) scam and also got commission in the liquor scam that happened in Delhi”, he alleged.

Modi has already held a roadshow in the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat in Hyderabad and addressed a public meeting at Nagarkurnool in the state last week.

Earlier this month, Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation for development projects in Telangana.