Congress & Mamata Banerjee think PM’s post can be bid in auction: PM Modi

ASANSOL | BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress president Rahul Gandhi by saying that both leaders think that the prime minister’s position can be bid in an auction by paying money which they earned from several scams.

Mocking Banerjee’s national aspirations, Modi said, “Didi is dreaming of becoming the prime minister. The Congress and Didi think there would be an auction to buy the PM’s post. Didi does not know that the PM’s post can’t be bought with Saradha and Narada money.”

In his fifth rally in West Bengal in the past two weeks, he continued his narrative on nationalism, saying: “Bharat Mata ki Jai Karnewalo ki hi sarkar banegi.”


“A state’s chief minister (Mamata), who is only contesting in a state, says her party would be forming the government at the Centre. She demanded evidence for the death of the terrorists in Balakot, but in Bengal she is continuously conspiring to destroy all evidence against those who looted your money,” he said.

“This election will determine which way the national security policies will move. People know who can protect them from terrorists,” he said.

After he returns to power, the Bengal government will be ‘pressurised’ to implement ‘Aushman Bharat’ here so that people get medical benefits and farmers get registered under the PM Kissan scheme.

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Modi, who addressed two rallies in coastal Odisha on Tuesday, appealed to voters to elect a leader who could best protect the country from enemies.

The BJP’s penetration of coastal Odisha, considered a stronghold of the Biju Janata Dal, will be key to its aim of bringing about “doubleengine” growth (having a BJP government at the Centre and state).

In his fifth visit to the state, which is having simultaneous assembly and general elections, Modi’s attack on the CM turned more direct. “During the first and second phases, I respected the sanctity of the elections and avoided discussing Naveen babu. Since he has served Odisha for so long, I wanted his farewell to be a good one. I was quiet out of respect for him,” he said. “But during the past 10-12 days, like in Bengal, the way violence has been resorted to by a handful of his officers…I want to tell him, Naveen babu, your going is imminent. These handful of officers cannot save you,” Modi said in Kendrapara.

Campaigning for Baijayant Panda, the former BJD MP from Kendrapara, Modi said, “Give five years to the BJP to serve you in Bhubaneswar. I promise, we will do five times what has been done here in 19 years. If you want to transform Odisha, give us a chance.”