‘Mockery of Poor’: Modi’s ‘Royal Magician’ Dig At Rahul Gandhi’s Promise to Take away Poverty With One Stroke

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a “royal magician” dig on the “prince” of Congress, Rahul Gandhi over his remarks promising to take away poverty from the nation in a single stroke. “The place was this royal magician hiding for thus a few years? It has been 50 years since his grandmother introduced to take away poverty from the nation,” PM Modi stated whereas addressing a public rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad.

The prime minister’s statements got here simply hours after he unveiled the BJP’s ballot manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi.

PM Modi additional accused the Congress of “working the federal government by means of distant for 10 years” and referred to as Rahul Gandhi’s “will take away poverty with one stroke” comment a “mockery of the poor”.

“Earlier than 2014, they ran the federal government by means of distant for 10 years and are saying that they’ve ‘jhatke vala’ mantra, the place did they get this ‘jhatke vala’ mantra from? Inform me, is that this not a mockery of the poor? Is that this not an insult to the poor? They make such claims and due to this they change into laughing inventory and the nation doesn’t take them severely…” he stated.

Final week, whereas addressing an election rally in Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi had stated that if the Congress is voted to energy within the Centre, it could make sure that “poverty is erased in a single stroke”.

“If you’re under the poverty line, then yearly Rs 1 lakh khatakhat khatakhat aata rahega aur ek jhatke se hum Hindustan se garibi ko mita denge (the quantity will maintain coming and with one stroke we are going to take away poverty from India),” the Congress chief had stated.