Ahead of the sixth phase of polling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a large public gathering in Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Haryana, on Thursday (May 23). Emphasizing the significance of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi declared, “The 2024 elections will determine the future of India.”
During his speech, PM Modi targeted the I.N.D.I. alliance, describing it as inherently unstable and adhering to a ‘5 PMs, 5 years’ formula. He asserted, “I.N.D.I. alliance only spreads the politics of communalism, casteism, and dynasty.”
PM Modi also criticized the Congress party, accusing it of prioritizing vote banks over national unity, even suggesting that the party supported the partition of India for electoral gains. He claimed that Congress aims to implement religion-based reservations at the expense of SC-ST-OBC quotas. Moreover, he took aim at the Trinamool Congress (TMC), a member of the I.N.D.I. alliance, for allegedly granting OBC reservations to illegal immigrants from minority communities—a decision later overturned by the Calcutta High Court.
“Reservation for SC-ST-OBCs is their ‘Adhikar,’ and Modi is the ‘Chowkidar’ of this ‘Adhikar,’” PM Modi declared.
He further accused the I.N.D.I. alliance of taking extreme measures to secure vote banks, highlighting Congress’s perceived anti-Shri Ram stance and opposition to the Pran-Pratishtha of Shri Ram, which aimed to prevent the construction of the Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
PM Modi also accused Congress of disrespecting both faith and the national flag, the Tiranga. He alleged that Congress kept Kashmir isolated from India for 70 years and hindered the hoisting of the Tiranga in the region. He contrasted Congress’s allocation of only Rs. 500 crores for One Rank One Pension (OROP) with his government’s allocation of over Rs. 1.25 lakh crores to comprehensively resolve the issue.