PM Modi Jabs Congress Over 'Revdi Culture', Says 'What's The Meaning of Guarantees When Its Warranty Has Expired'

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday trained his guns at the Congress and made a strong pitch for ending the 'Revdi Culture' (culture of distributing freebies) during the elections. Targeting the grand old party, PM Modi stated "what is the meaning of its guarantees when that party's warranty itself has expired."

Addressing Karnataka BJP workers virtually, PM Modi said that states are getting immersed in debt because of freebies, and emphasised that the country and the governments cannot be run like this.

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"In our country some political parties have made politics the means of power and corruption, to achieve this, they are using all means like 'saam, dham, dhand, bedh'. These political parties don't think about the future of the country, future generation of Karnataka, its youth, women," he said.

PM Modi's comments came in the backdrop of Congress' 'guarantees' that include — 200 units of free power to all households, Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family and Rs 3,000 every month for graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for diploma holders for two years.

"The country cannot be run like this, governments cannot be run like this. Governments have to think about the future, along with the present. Governments cannot run just for day-to-day needs, they have to work on asset creation, so that the lives of families are on track for decades," he added.

Targetting the Congress for its "revdi culture" in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, the PM said, their poll guarantees have still remained as guaranteed. "Congress means guarantee of corruption, guarantee of nepotism. Congress has reached a stage where it cannot give true guarantees, you are aware that Congress's warranty has expired, then what is the meaning of its guarantees".

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PM Modi said the BJP was not taking shortcuts but was working for a developed India. "BJP doesn't think about five years of its own rule, but thinks about the country. We don't think about the party but think about the country. We don't think just about present electoral politics but about taking India ahead in the next 25 years", he said.

The Prime Minister is slated to undertake a whirlwind two-day tour of the State from Saturday during which he is scheduled to address six public meetings and hold two road shows. Elections to the 224-member Legislative Assembly will be held on May 10 while the results will be announced on May 13.

(With Agency Inputs)