Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign in Jharkhand on Monday, 25 November, attacking the Congress for delaying decision-making in the Ram Mandir dispute.
Addressing a rally in Daltonganj, PM Modi said:
“The matter of dispute over the birthplace of Lord Ram was stalled by Congress. Had they wanted, a solution could’ve been found much earlier. But they didn’t do that, they cared about their vote bank. Such thinking of Congress affected the country.”
He also asserted that the BJP government at the Centre and the state would continue to protect Jharkhand's 'jal, jungle and jameen' (water, forest and land).
Modi also congratulated the Raghubar Das-led government for completing its five-year term, a first for Jharkhand since it attained statehood.
Condemning last week's Naxal violence in the poll-bound state, the PM also paid tribute to the four policemen who were killed in the attack.
“The BJP government has provided good governance in Jharkhand over the past five years. That is why, for the first time in the state’s history, a chief minister completed his five-year term,” he noted.
The prime minister also insisted that the Jharkhand government has worked day and night to end corruption in the last five years.
(With inputs from ANI, PTI)
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