Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sought to dismiss ‘claims by pundits and planted reports from Delhi’ that there is no ‘Modi wave’ in the ongoing parliamentary elections as was the case in the previous national polls five years ago. The (Modi) wave is coming out from each home,’ he said at an election rally in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the final phase of polling on May 19.
‘Pundits are claiming there is no wave...Stories are being planted from Delhi. Initially, they said there is no wave. The voting percentage is now higher than before. So they are worried. They are not aware that there are two (types of) people who are creating records: my young friends who are voting for the first time and my mothers and sisters, who have made up their mind to elect their brother who ensured death penalty to rapists,’ Modi said.
‘Our mothers and sisters have decided to elect as PM one who provided (cooking) gas and electricity and have come out with full strength to cast their vote. When mothers and sisters come out, pundits fail to understand from where the wave is coming. The wave is coming from each home,’ he said. Targeting the Congress party government in Madhya Pradesh, which came to power after defeating the BJP in state assembly polls six months ago, over its ‘failure’ to implement farmers loan waiver promise, Modi likened the masses to God and said, ‘The Congress cheated God.’
Modi attributed senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who is contesting the parliamentary polls from Bhopal seat, not casting his vote on Sunday to ‘internal bickering’ within the Congress. ‘It also reflects the arrogance of the Congress leader as when the entire country, including the President, myself and others went to vote, Singh did not as he was afraid, Modi said.
