Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that ‘Garibi Hatao’ was merely a slogan for the Congress. He was speaking at the commencement of work at an oil refinery in Barmer district of Rajasthan.
“For them, ‘Garibi Hatao’ was just a slogan. They nationalised the banks but their doors never opened for the poor. Jan Dhan Yojana changed this and the poor got access to banking facilities,” Modi said. “It is Congress character to cheat the nation,” he alleged.
Taking a dig at the Congress, he said, “Congress and drought are twins, wherever Congress goes, droughts follow,” while praising Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje for tackling of drought situation.
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.
