Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the 'Garibi Hatao' was an attractive slogan for the Congress but doors of the banks never opened for the poor until the BJP came to power at the Centre.
Attacking successive Congress governments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the 'Garibi Hatao' was an attractive slogan but doors of the banks never opened for the poor until the BJP came to power at the Centre.
"For them, 'Garibi Hatao' was an attractive slogan. They nationalized the banks but the doors of the banks never opened for the poor. 'Jan Dhan Yojana' changed this and the poor got access to banking facilities," Modi said.
He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the commencement of work at the oil refinery in Rajasthan's Barmer district.
Praising Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Modi said she has tackled drought crisis very well.
"The way in which Vasundhara Ji tackled drought crisis during both her terms, and helped people is praiseworthy. It is in contrast to the opposition in the state, whose poor drought management in Rajasthan is widely known," he said.
Taking a dig at the Congress, he said wherever the Rahul Gandhi led party goes, droughts follow. "Congress aur aakaal judwa bhai hain, jahan Congress jayegi wahan aakaal jayega (Congress and drought are twins, wherever Congress goes, Droughts follow)," he said.
Modi also targeted the Congress over the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) for armed forces, saying nothing was done for 40 years in this regard.
"Before 2014 elections a symbolic amount was allocated even when it was known this sum is just too less. It was our commitment to make OROP a reality and we worked towards making that possible," he said.
Inaugurating the Barmer oil refinery, the Prime Minister said that it was time for 'Sankalp se Siddhi.' "We must focus on our aims and work towards achieving them by 2022, when we mark 75 years of freedom."
The project, which is a joint venture of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Rajasthan Government, is worth Rs. 43,000 crore.
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