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By India Today News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed over 50 lakh BJP workers via video conferencing, exhorting them to strengthen booth-level campaigning for the coming Karnataka Assembly election and making a strong pitch against the “revdi culture” (culture of distributing freebies).
PM Modi criticised the Congress party, stating that its guarantees hold no meaning when the party’s own warranty has expired. The PM was speaking about the Congress’s poll promises in Karnataka, which include providing free power, rice, and financial assistance to various groups of people.
PM Modi also highlighted that such freebies lead to the accumulation of debt in states and stressed that the country and its governments cannot function in this manner.
“In our country, some political parties have made politics the means of power and corruption. To achieve this, they are using all means like ‘saam, dham, dhand, bedh’. These political parties don’t think about the future of the country, future generation of Karnataka, its youth, women,” PM Modi said.
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The BJP said earlier this week about 50 lakh workers from 58,112 booths would attend this “virtual rally” of the prime minister.
The prime minister is slated to undertake a whirlwind two-day tour of Karnataka from Saturday, during which he is scheduled to address six public meetings and hold two roadshows.
Noting that people of Karnataka have huge trust in the BJP, PM Modi told party karyakartas that “Your effort in every booth will make BJP win with record seats.”
“We have to make people understand our programmes, benefits of double engine governments at the booth level by sitting and talking to them. Those who have the responsibility to make long speeches will do it, but karyakartas have to put their strength in booths and win the booths.”
For the fast-paced all round development, a strong and stable BJP government with full majority is important, the prime minister said, adding that the people of Karnataka are ready to form such a BJP government in the state, “breaking all the records”.
“I will also work with you (karyakartas) in the coming days as a BJP karyakarta to seek the blessings of people of Karnataka and win the trust of Kannadiaga,” he said, stressing on victory in booths PM Modi said because of freebie politics, several States are making large scale spendings for the sake of partisan politics, which is also eating into the “share” of future generations.
“The country cannot be run like this, governments cannot be run like this. Governments have to think about the future, along with the present. Governments cannot run just for day-to-day needs, they have to work on asset creation, so that the lives of families are on track for decades,” he added during the “Karyakartarondige Samvada” (an interaction with workers).
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PM Modi affirmed that the BJP was not taking the shortcuts, but was working for developed India with good investment in modern physical, digital and social infrastructure, and that his other interpretation for FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) is ‘First Develop India’ “BJP doesn’t think about five years of its own rule, but thinks about the country. We don’t think about the party but think about the country. We don’t think just about present electoral politics but about taking India ahead in the next 25 years.”
To address some temporary challenges, all possible help is being provided for the poor, like free ration, free vaccination, he said. “But if we have to make India progress, we have to get rid of this revdi culture,” he added.
“I appeal to youth, some parties may try to make you fools by distributing freebies, but it’s your duty to think about your future and that of your future generations,” the PM said.
(With PTI inputs)
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