Congress has become parasitic, is on crutches: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Congress, saying the whole country has completely rejected that party due to its actions. "Congress is no longer the All India Congress. It has now become a parasitic Congress. This Congress party is now surviving only on crutches," Modi said, addressing a rally in Nashik for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections.

"Be it Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar or Jharkhand... in most states, Congress is in a position to contest elections only with the support of other parties," Modi said.

For many decades, the Congress gave the slogan of eradicating poverty, but the poor remained dependent for food, clothes and shelter, he said.


Wherever Congress and allies are there, scams are bound to happen, Modi said.

"Congress and allies leave no opportunity to push the country backwards and weaken it; they did so in defence manufacturing," he said.

The Congress and allies don't care about the Constitution, courts and people's sentiments; they (Congress leaders) carry the Constitution book in their pockets just for show, he said.

At the rally in Nashik, Modi also recalled his visit to the Shree Kalaram mandir in January ahead of the consecration of Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya.

"I got a chance to clean and serve at the Kalaram temple. I have come back to seek blessings of Nashik for a developed Maharashtra and a developed India," Modi said.

The PM said that 25 crore people have been freed from the clutches of poverty in the last decade under his leadership.

"We abrogated Article 370 in Kashmir and the spirit of "One Nation, One Constitution" became a reality," Modi said.