Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Congress party is now being called a “bail gaadi” as several of its leaders are out on bail.
“Several leaders who are called stalwarts of the Congress and former ministers are out on bail these days,” Modi said at a public rally in Jaipur , punning on the Hindi term for a bullock cart. He said people were well aware of the “intentions” of the Congress party and had started calling it a “bail gaadi”.
The Prime Minister was apparently referring to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who had recently gotten bail in the death case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Tharoor was a former minister of state in the external affairs and human resources development ministries, besides being a top UN functionary.
Earlier this year, former finance minister P Chidambaram’s son, Karti Chidambaram had gotten bail in the INX media corruption case.
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On the development front, he said facilities in 1,500 villages in Rajasthan will be developed. Around 50 crore people would get Rs 5 lakh worth heathcare protection.
Earlier, Modi had arrived in a special aircraft at the Sanganer airport in Jaipur. He was welcomed by Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh and chief minister Vasundhara Raje.
Around 2.5 lakh beneficiaries of 12 schemes run by the BJP governments at the Centre and the state turned up at the venue, which is called ‘Amroodon ka bagh (garden of guavas)’.
The Congress had alleged that the beneficiaries being invited by the Rajasthan government for the rally were BJP workers, a charge denied by the party. Elections are due in Rajasthan by the end of the year.
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