UP elections 2022: PM Modi blasts Opposition for politicising Ukraine crisis
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), March 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a swipe at the Opposition for politicising the Ukraine crisis and said "dynasts always look for opportunities to serve their self-interests".
"Blind opposition, continuous opposition, acute frustration and negativity have become their political ideology," PM Modi said in his scathing attack on the Opposition. While campaigning for the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Prime Minister stated that the Opposition parties look for political interests even when the nation faces challenges, making the situation even more critical.
PM Modi's statement came in the midst of India ramping up the evacuation of the stranded Indian nationals under 'Operation Ganga'.
Speaking at an election rally in his Parliamentary constituency Varanasi, PM Modi said, "Whenever some challenges crop up before the nation, these dynasts look for their political interests. If India's security forces and people deal with a crisis, the Opposition parties do everything to make the situation more critical. We saw this during the pandemic and today during the Ukraine crisis."
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The Opposition, mainly Congress, has been targeting the Centre over 'Operation Ganga', accusing it of late reaction in the evacuation of Indians.
Earlier in the day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP government, citing a media report that claimed that students were asked to clean toilets to return to India.
"It is an insult of the entire country," remarked Gandhi adding that "evacuation is a duty and not a favour".
For the past two years, free ration is being made available to over 80 crore poor, Dalits, backwards and tribals, the Prime Minister said. "The entire world is amazed at the rollout of the foodgrains scheme. But I am happy that the poor are happy," he continued.
Prime Minister Modi has been camping in his Parliamentary constituency- Varanasi for the last two days. Varanasi will go to the polls in the seventh and last phase of the state Assembly elections.
A total of 54 Assembly seats across nine districts including Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra, are slated to go to polls on March 7.
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