Biggest Treachery With The Poor: PM Modi On Cong's 'Guarantees'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took on Congress over 'guarantee habit', saying it is the grand old party's biggest treachery with the poor.

The PM said that Congress has a new formula of guarantees, which will leave the country "bankrupt." "This 'guarantee habit' of Congress is not new, it is old. 50 years back, Congress gave the 'garibi hatao' guarantee to the country. This is Congress party's biggest treachery with the poor. Congress' strategy has been to trick the poor. People of Rajasthan have suffered due to this," the Prime Minister said in a rally in Ajmer in Rajasthan.

This is the first major event in a month-long outreach campaign by the BJP to mark its nine years in power at the Centre.

The Congress had emerged victorious in the recently-held assembly polls in Karnataka after promising 'five guarantees' to the public.

"It has been a policy of the Congress to mislead the poor and keep them deprived. The people of Rajasthan have also suffered a lot due to this...And what has Rajasthan got? A government where MLAs, CM (Chief Minister) and ministers fight among themselves," NDTV quoted him as saying at the event.

Talking about completing nine years in office, PM Modi said, "Before coming to Ajmer, I had the opportunity to visit Pushkar. In our scriptures, Lord Brahma has been called the creator of the universe. With Lord Brahma's blessings, an era of new creation is going on in India. BJP-led NDA Govt in the Centre has completed 9 years. These 9 years have been dedicated to service to citizens, good governance and welfare of the poor,"

Rajasthan, where the ruling Congress is caught in a leadership tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, goes to the polls this year-end.

The Prime Minister travelled by helicopter from Kishangarh airport to the holy town of Pushkar, where he offered prayers at the Brahma temple and visited the ghats.

The Prime Minister then attacked Congress over corruption. "A lot of people ask these days - from where does Modi get the money for the development works that are going on in the country...There was never any shortage of money in the country for development works...But during its rule, Congress Govt developed a blood-sucking corrupt system that ate & hollowed the development of the country...In last 9 years, development of the country by BJP Govt became possible because BJP is closing the path of loot by Congress," he said.