Congress won't win even 50 LS seats, will not get opposition party status after polls: PM
The Hindu
PM Modi predicts Congress will not win 50 seats in Lok Sabha elections, vows to protect Odisha's pride
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 11 claimed that the Congress will not win even 50 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and will not be able to get the opposition party status after the polls.
Addressing election rallies in Kandhamal, Bolangir and Bargarh Lok Sabha seats, Mr. Modi claimed that Odisha's 'asmita' (pride) is in danger and the BJP will protect it, while asserting that a "double engine" government of the saffron party will be formed in the State and a "son or daughter of the soil who understands Odia language and culture" will be made the Chief Minister.
"Congress will not be able to get 10% seats to become principal opposition in the Lok Sabha. They will not win even 50 seats," Mr. Modi claimed.
Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi, without taking his name, the PM said, "The Congress 'shehzade' has been reading out the same script since the 2014 polls... mark my words, NDA will break all records and will win over 400 seats this time." The 'shehzade' tearing a document of the Manmohan Singh cabinet was an insult to the Constitution, Mr. Modi said, referring to the 2013 incident.
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Recalling the achievements of the previous BJP government at the Centre under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he said that on this day 26 years ago, Pokhran tests were conducted (in 1998), and it enhanced the image of the country across the globe.
"The Congress always tries to scare the people of India... due to this tendency, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed terrorism for so many years. Instead of giving befitting reply to terrorists, Congress used to hold talks with them to protect the party's vote bank," he alleged.
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