Narendra Modi presents NDA's report card in Mathura, says bure din for scamsters are here
"If you hadn't taken such a big decision, imagine what the plight of this country would have been," Modi said to kickstart the first anniversary celebrations of the NDA government.
Marking the first anniversary of the NDA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday presented a report card of his one year in power, which he asserted has been free of corruption and scams but has brought 'bure din' (bad days) for those who have robbed the country in their 60 years of rule.
Attacking the previous Congress-led UPA government, Modi said one more year to that government would have sunk the country and that now there were no stories of a scam involving a son-in-law or a son of a political leader happening. "Some people are very troubled these days. Their trouble is with the fact that 'achche din' has come to all people but 'bure din' for them. Those whose 'bure din' have come, they are troubled," he said.
"They are shouting. Because for 60 years, in Delhi's political corridors, only their voice was heard and the country was run as they wished... I did not give guarantee of 'achche din' for those who looted the nation for years. We will run the country in a way that there will be more 'bure din' for them and their troubles will increase. Your money can't be looted by anyone," the Prime Minister said at a public rally in Mathura, the birthplace of Jan Sangh ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
The BJP has planned nearly 200 public rallies by its main leaders across to mark the first year of the NDA government. However, Modi, who made a very pro-farmer and pro-poor pitch during his hour-long speech, did not mention the contentious land acquisition bill, on which his government is facing tough opposition even from NDA allies.
Noting that thoughts of three leaders shaped us in the last several years - those of Mahatma Gandhi, Lohia and Deendayal, the Prime Minister said he therefore picked the Deendayal Dham to share the one year achievements of his government. "Earlier, the government was run by the remote control and every day a scam or corruption case was coming out," Modi alleged and asked people if you have heard about any scams, any nepotism, any remote control in the last year.
In an interesting inflection of his iconic 'achche din' slogan, Modi chose the mega rally at Mathura to attack the ten years of the Congress-led UPA government, saying one shudders to think what might have happened had they ruled for one more year.
"If you hadn't taken such a big decision, imagine what the plight of this country would have been," Modi said to kickstart the first anniversary celebrations of the NDA government. This was the first of the proposed 200 BJP rallies to be held across the country this week.
"Bure din gaye ki nahi gaye? Bure kaam band hue ki nahi hue? (Haven't the bad days ended? Didn't the bad deeds (of the old government) end or not?)," Modi asked the crowd thrice in what has become a trademark style of his connect with his audie Before the rally, Modi visited the memorial of Jan Sangh ideologye Deendayal Upadhayay in Mathura and paid his tributes.