New Delhi: Narendra Modi speaks at BJP conclave, slammed Congress for spoiling country's image. Modi said, "People can't even feel if there is a government at the Centre or not. It is not in the blood of the Congress to take the country forward".
"The country is sinking, the poor are under the burden of price rise, and we cannot even feel if there is a government at the centre or not," Modi said.
"The Congress has ruled the country for several decades. At that time there was no opposition, the media was not so strong, there were not so many activists, but what did they do?"
"At that time many countries were trying to rise. India, despite of having all possibilities, lagged behind. Why? Because they never wanted the country to develop," Modi said.
Without naming any one, he launched a direct attack at the Nehru-Gandhi family: "Sacrificing the national interest for the interest of one family is the tradition of the Congress," he said.
Modi also heaped praise on President Pranab Mukherjee, and said he was sidelined so that the "family" is not affected.
"The Congress has spread like termites in the country; it is very difficult to get rid of termites. Only one medicine would work, and that is the sweat of the worker of the BJP," Modi said.
Highlights of Narendra Modi's speech at BJP meet:* BJP is with mission, Congress is for commission
* Gujarat experience shows that PSUs can be profit-making
* Governance is impossible without the participation of the people
* Vajpayee had the courage to stand up to the world and conduct a nuclear test
* BJP has a track record of giving good governance
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the only real PM India had
* We have to work to put the right person at the country's top post
* National Advisory Council consists of 5-star activists
* Dynastic politics stopped Pranab Mukherjee from becoming PM
* Congressmen who became PM are those who had left congress
* People have already decided to end Congress misrule
* Congress created a nightwatchman by naming Manmohan Singh as PM
* BJP only alternative to Congress misrule
* If Pranab Mukherjee had been made PM instead of Manmohan Singh, the situation would not have been so bad.
* Congress has a tradition of giving importance to one family instead of the country
* Congress is incapable of taking the country forward
* Can't tolerate such bad governance at the Centre
* UPA govt has spoiled the image of the country
* BJP National Council meet being watched not just in India, but world over. See its importance
* Gujarat poll victory is the victory of BJP party workers
* I don't have words to express my gratitude for the welcome I received yesterday
