Congress has hurt the people of Telangana, says Narendra Modi: Highlights

Devangere, Karnataka: Addressing a rally in Davangere in Karnataka, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress over Telangana. Senior leaders including BJP national general secretary and State in-charge Tavarchand Gehlot, Anant Kumar, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and Karnataka BJP president Prahlad Joshi attended the rally.

Following are the highlights of his speech:

• Madam Soniaji, Rahulji have no time to go to Andhra, Hyderabad
• Congress has hurt people of Telangana
• But they don't have the time to say a few words to them
• People of Andhra Pradesh are facing problems
• Politics can't be so heartless
• They don't care about sorrows, tribulations
• They don't care about you
• They don't care about your pain
• Should we bother about such a party?
• Should a party like Congress be punished?
• They're not scared of chhoti-moti (small) punishment
• Need only one Mantra: Congress-free India
• I am amazed at how they fool people
• They are capable of claiming anything
• Congress leaders can say anything in front of the people... recently they came to Karnataka and said the party doesn't have a high command.
• The whole country knows that there isn't a shred of democracy within the party. Democracy has a very limited meaning for them- getting to power via elections
• They don't believe in Loktantra
• They only believe in getting votes for power
• Four enemies of Democracy: 1) Parivaarvad 2) Jaativaad 3) Sampradayvaad 4) Ausarvaad (Dynastic tendencies, casteism, communalism and opportunism)
  
• All of these present in Congress
• Congress says India is beehive, BJP thinks India is our mother (land)
• Congress says poverty is a state of mind; we think we have to serve the poor (daridranarayan)
• Serving the poor is like serving God
• Congress ko 'mazza' nahi aata unless they talk about poor people
• But we lose our sleep when we listen to the poor talk
• Lot of difference between Congress and BJP
• They believe in divide and rule. We believe in unity and growth
• They consider politics everything. We consider 'rashtraneeti' everything
• You try to save your seat day and night. We try to save the country day and night
• Congress wants to divide and rule, we want to unite and develop
• India wants to be freed. India not willing to tolerate you any more
• They worry about women empowerment. But if you are genuinely worried about women, then at least work on controlling prices so they can sleep peacefully
• They had promised to reduce inflation in 100 days after they were elected - did prices go down?
• At least bring back prices at levels where the Vajpayee-government left them
• The people also need to know why they are in jail in Rajasthan... in Haryana too, there is a Congress government and a former minister is in jail... tell the people what he is in jail for... Stop deceiving the people
• Congress and corruption are twin sisters. Where there is Congress there will be corruption, and where there is corruption, you'll find the Congress
• Till you rid the country of the Congress, you will not get a corruption free India
• Congress blames BJP for not allowing the passage the of anti-corruption bills, but the proceedings in Parliament are being stalled by their own MPs
• Congress pehele logon ki aakhon mein dhool jhokti thi, aab mirchi phek rahi hain... (referencing to the pepper spray incident)
• This land was known for textiles but why not anymore... You make good speeches where you want to promote exports but when cotton-farmers want to export, there are restrictions imposed 
• Modi's five-year mantra for cotton farmers -  Farm to fibre, fibre to fabric, fabric to fashion and fashion to foreign 
• Vote for the lotus... I'll put Lakshmi on that Lotus and send her back to Karnataka