• Source:JND

Assembly Election: Days ahead of the Rajasthan assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Congress on Thursday of sympathising with terrorists. He also recalled the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in this city last year and added that crime and corruption have increased in the state in the last five years.

"The terrorist incident with Kanhaiya Lal ji in Udaipur is a big stain on the state government. Such a heinous incident happened in Udaipur because there is a Congress government which sympathizes with terrorists," PM Modi said as quoted by news agency PTI.

Kanhaiya was murdered last year by two cleaver-wielding men who accused him of insulting Islam. The accused had also made a video of the act and posted it online.

Speaking at a rally in poll-bound Rajasthan, Modi said that "terrorist organisations like the Popular Front of India (PFI) hold rallies without fear" in the state as the Congress government is a "sympathiser of terrorists". He also alleged that Congress has only one agenda: to loot Rajasthan and fill its coffers. "Corruption is like air and water for the Congress, without which it cannot function," he said.

Alleging Congress of bringing the state on top in crime against women, he added that even Dalits and poor people are not safe in the state. He also added that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is committed to  eliminating 'gunda raj' from Rajasthan.

"The BJP assures every daughter and daughter-in-law of Rajasthan that she will get the opportunity to live with dignity and go out of the house without fear in a safe environment...this is Modi's guarantee," PM Modi said.

As poll day nears in the Congress-ruled state, he also said that the government has wasted five years in Rajasthan and remained busy deciding who would sit on the chair of the Chief Minister.

(With input from agencies)


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