Drop guns and participate in nation-building: Modi to Maoists
22 Nov 2014 5:56 AM IST
‘There is no place for violence, which does no good to anyone. I appeal to those who have picked up the gun to shun it and pick up the plough. This is your country and work shoulder to shoulder in developing it,’ he said addressing a poll meeting at Chandua in Naxalite-hit Latehar district, where the rebels laid siege to a train a few years ago.
The Prime Minister urged the people to preserve democracy without letting anything to stain it.
Referring to the state, he said ,’If the Almighty has given any state abundance of wealth then it is Jharkhand’ and lamented how it was being left poor by the ‘sin’ committed by previous regimes.
The Centre, he said, was determined to take Jharkhand to new heights if the BJP was voted to power in the assembly elections.
AJSU president and former deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahto was present on the dais along with Modi. His party is contesting the elections in alliance with the BJP.
The first phase of polling in Jharkhand is scheduled on 25 November and the rest of the four phases will be held till 20 December. Counting will take place on 23 December.
Meanwhile, addressing another rally in the state, Modi also launched an attack on the state government over the issue of development and asked the people to free the state from dynastic rule to end corruption. If you want Jharkhand to move on the path of development then free Jharkhand from pariwarwad (dynastic rule),’ he said.
In an apparent reference to JMM supremo Shibu Soren and his Chief Minister son Hemant Soren, Modi said, ‘If you don’t free Jharkhand from the dynastic rule, then their houses and family would get rich while the people will not benefit (from anything)’.
‘If you want Jharkhand to progress, want employment for youth and take the state to prosperity, you have to put an end to dynastic politics, the politics of father-son, brother- nephew and relatives,’ he told an election rally here.
‘The state has been looted and there is corruption here. How much have they looted the state, but there is no shame,’ Modi said, without naming anyone. He said development was the only solution for the growth of Jharkhand and urged people to give him a ‘chance to serve them’.
Speaking about his recent visit to Australia, the Prime Minister said Jharkhand and the continent-nation have a lot of similarities with regard to their natural resources and population, while the former remained poor, the latter has grown.
The Prime Minister urged the people to preserve democracy without letting anything to stain it.
Referring to the state, he said ,’If the Almighty has given any state abundance of wealth then it is Jharkhand’ and lamented how it was being left poor by the ‘sin’ committed by previous regimes.
The Centre, he said, was determined to take Jharkhand to new heights if the BJP was voted to power in the assembly elections.
AJSU president and former deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahto was present on the dais along with Modi. His party is contesting the elections in alliance with the BJP.
The first phase of polling in Jharkhand is scheduled on 25 November and the rest of the four phases will be held till 20 December. Counting will take place on 23 December.
Meanwhile, addressing another rally in the state, Modi also launched an attack on the state government over the issue of development and asked the people to free the state from dynastic rule to end corruption. If you want Jharkhand to move on the path of development then free Jharkhand from pariwarwad (dynastic rule),’ he said.
In an apparent reference to JMM supremo Shibu Soren and his Chief Minister son Hemant Soren, Modi said, ‘If you don’t free Jharkhand from the dynastic rule, then their houses and family would get rich while the people will not benefit (from anything)’.
‘If you want Jharkhand to progress, want employment for youth and take the state to prosperity, you have to put an end to dynastic politics, the politics of father-son, brother- nephew and relatives,’ he told an election rally here.
‘The state has been looted and there is corruption here. How much have they looted the state, but there is no shame,’ Modi said, without naming anyone. He said development was the only solution for the growth of Jharkhand and urged people to give him a ‘chance to serve them’.
Speaking about his recent visit to Australia, the Prime Minister said Jharkhand and the continent-nation have a lot of similarities with regard to their natural resources and population, while the former remained poor, the latter has grown.
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