Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in poll-bound Maharashtra on Tuesday, launched a sharp attack on the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, calling them the "biggest players of corruption." The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprises the Congress, Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and NCP led by Sharad Pawar.
Speaking in Chandrapur's Chimur, the Prime Minister said, "People of Chandrapur have been demanding rail connectivity for years, but Congress and Aghadi did not let that happen."
"The rapid development of Maharashtra is beyond the reach of Aghadi. They have only done a PhD in putting a brake on developmental works... And Congress is a double PhD in it... 'Aghadi yani Bhrastrachar ke sab se bade khiladi' (Aghadi means the biggest players of corruption)... 'Aghadi yani khiladi'...," he added.
is remarks came as he was campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an ally of the current Mahayuti government in the state.
Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will take place in a single phase on November 20 and the results will be announced three days later.
Targeting Congress in the Chimur rally, the Prime Minister said that the grand old party and its allies have been politically benefiting from violence and separatism. "Just a few weeks ago, we saw what happened in Jammu and Kashmir. This region has been burning for decades due to separatism and terrorism. The law under which all this happened was Article 370. And this Article 370 was a legacy of Congress. As soon as we abolished it, we fully integrated Kashmir with India and its Constitution," Modi said.
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