UP Like Sub-Saharan Africa: PM Quotes Akhilesh Govt’s Own Website
Modi also took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and at the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government.
Speaking at a rally on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi quoted a document from Uttar Pradesh’s own government website to say that life in the state is “short and uncertain. A female expects to live less than 55 and the under-five mortality rate is 141 per 1,000. In these respects, UP resembles sub-Saharan Africa”.
Modi said this at a rally in Maharajganj before the sixth phase of polling in the state. Modi also displayed confidence about BJP’s victory in the state. “People have made BJP victorious in five phases that has taken place so far, you only have to give bonus in the sixth phase.”
Attacking the Akhilesh Yadav government, he also said:
“5 phases ka hisaab lagg chuka hai, UP ki janta 15 saal ka badla le rahi hai. Jinhone UP ko loota unse log chun-chun ke badla lenge (The five phases of Uttar Pradesh polls reflect that people want to avenge SP’s 15-year rule. People will take revenge against those who looted the state)”.
Prime Minister Modi also took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his "coconut juice" and "potato factory" remarks.
"There is a Congress leader, and I want to pray for his long life... he recently went to Manipur to address an election rally. There he told farmers that he would extract juice from coconuts and send it to London. In fact, a coconut possesses water (and not juice) and it is grown in Kerala," he said addressing a rally here.
"It is like setting up a potato factory," Modi said referring to Rahul Gandhi's earlier remarks that he wants to set up potato factories in Uttar Pradesh.
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