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MAPUSA
Stating that Congress were targeting Prime Minister, Narendra Modi by spreading lies, Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant said the grand old party was scared that Chowkidar Narendra Modi would storm back to power at the Centre and put them behind bars.
“Modi has been always saying, mai nahi khaunga, kissi ko khane nahi doonga (I will not indulge in corruption, neither let anyone indulge in it). That is why Congress is scared that if Chowkidar Modi comes back to power then they would all be sent to jail,” Sawant said.
The chief minister was speaking to the media at the end of the live video conference of ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ programme of the prime minister in Peddem, Mapusa.
Sawant said Congress has been saying chowkidar chor hai (watchman is a thief) but they failed to substantiate the charge against the PM till today.
“They have no words to prove the charge against the PM. They cannot say what he has robbed. In order to counter the opposition propaganda we have been saying our chowkidar is clean, his intention is clean. The chowkidar is working is to protect the nation and to take all the people along (sabke saath, sabka vikas),” he said.
Although PM Modi took questions of karyakartas from several States, none of the karyakartas from Goa got an opportunity to question the PM at the ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ programme in Mapusa.
“Goa was not the only State that was omitted. People from other states too could not ask questions as there was time limit. Last time Goa was given an opportunity during a similar interaction in Margao,” the CM said.
Addressing a gathering of the karyakartas after the programme, the chief minister said Congress were targeting the prime minister as they had no issues.
“The way people have responded, I feel we will come back to power and chowkidar will emerge stronger,” he said.
The CM said that PM, Modi’s biggest achievement was to run the Central government for five years without a single scam.
“We are all chowkidars who will have to strengthen the hands of the Prime Minister so that he is re-elected. We will work to elect both the Lok Sabha candidates in Goa,” Sawant said.
He said Congress was spreading falsehoods against the PM and therefore it was left to the BJP karyakartas to counter the lies.
“If we need to form a new Bharat (new India) we all need to strengthen the hands of the PM,” he said.
He further said that PM Modi had launched several programmes and schemes such as Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, movement against corruption, gharibi hatao, antakvad hatao and Make in India.
“In order to carry forward these schemes/programmes we need to bring back PM Modi at the Centre,” Sawant said.
Mapusa by-poll candidate, Joshua D’Souza, Chairperson Ryan Braganza, councilors and former ministers like Dayanand Mandrekar and Dilip Parulekar, ex-Tivim MLA, Kiran Kandolkar and several other karyakartas were present for the programme.
