This Article is From Oct 12, 2014

Congress, NCP Won't Win More Than 10 Seats in Maharashtra Polls: PM Narendra Modi

Congress, NCP Won't Win More Than 10 Seats in Maharashtra Polls: PM Narendra Modi

PM Modi addressing an election campaign rally in Maharashtra. (Press Trust of India)

Tuljapur, Maharashtra: Training his guns on the Congress and NCP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said both the parties will not win more than 10 seats each in the Maharashtra Assembly polls.

"You all must have seen the clock (NCP's symbol) showing 10 minutes to 10. Do you know what that indicate? It indicates that the Congress and the NCP will not be able to win more than 10 seats each in the upcoming polls," Mr Modi said mocking the NCP's election symbol while addressing a poll rally in Maharashtra's Osmanabad district.

The Congress-NCP have looted enough in their 15-year rule and it's now time to bid them farewell, he said. "I want to know from you, what did the Congress-NCP give you when they ruled this state. Did they do any good for farmers, for the villages or for cities? Then why do you let them survive? They have looted you enough in all these years, there is no place left for them here anymore," he added.

Terming the NCP as a "Naturally Corrupt Party," Mr Modi said that it is not a Rashtravadi (Nationalist) party, but a "bhrashtacharvadi" (corrupt) party.

"We all know the kind of language used by NCP leaders. My head hangs in shame listening to them. It's a pity that there are such people in Chhatrapati Shivaji's Maharashtra. We have to remove this 'kalank' (stain) from the state," he said in an indirect reference to NCP leaders RR Patil and Ajit Pawar whose recent statements stoked controversy.

Senior NCP leader and former Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil had sparked a major controversy for saying that an MNS leader jailed for rape could have waited for the assembly elections to get over before committing the alleged crime.

Meanwhile, laying emphasis on the need to connect various rivers criss-crossing different states of India, PM Modi said that such a programme will ensure that farmers are not deprived of water for their crops.



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