Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, 3 December, launched a blistering attack on the opposition JMM-Congress alliance in Jharkhand, alleging it followed the politics of "deception" while the BJP believed in service of people.
Speaking at a rally in Jamshedpur, PM Modi also alleged that the Jharkhand CM’s chair was up for sale during the Congress-JMM rule in the state.
Addressing an election rally in Khunti on the second leg of his campaign for the assembly polls, Modi said that the people of Jharkhand have faith that BJP alone can ensure the state's development.
He also accused the Congress of delaying resolution of the vexed Kashmir problem and the Ayodhya dispute.
“We ensured peaceful settlement of the Ayodhya dispute after the Congress kept it hanging for for decades.”
Article 370 is gone from Jammu and Kashmir and an Adivasi Lt Governor has been entrusted with the task of taking the newly created union territories forward on the path of development," he said.
Reaching out to the vast tribal electorate, the prime minister said,"Lord Ram left Ayodhya as a prince but returned as 'Maryada Purushottam' 14 years later as he spent time with Adivasis in forests."
He also lauded the Raghubar Das government for "breaking the back" of Naxalism in the state.
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