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NarendraModi'sOneLinersTake
DownTheCompetition
AllIndia|EditedbyRaijaSusanPanicker|Updated:January02,201716:56IST

PMNarendraModiaddressedahugerallyinLucknowelectionswillbeheldinUttarPradeshsoon

Lucknow:Addressingwhathedescribedas"thebiggestrallyIhaveeverseen",Prime
MinisterNarendraModi,speakingtoanaudienceoflakhsinLucknow,trashedthe
competition,tickingoffwhathedescribedasthemostobviousflawofeach.
ThePMtooknonamesashetookdowntheCongress("ithasstillnotsucceededin
installingthesonasitstopboss"),Mayawati'sBSP("apartyflappingtodeposititsill
gottenwealthinbankaccounts"),andtherulingSamajwadiParty("anoutfitwherethe

gottenwealthinbankaccounts"),andtherulingSamajwadiParty("anoutfitwherethe
mainfamilyisentangledinafamilyfeud").Alloppositionparties,hesaid,"areobsessed
withModihatao(removeModi)Me?I'mfixatedonremovingcorruption,"hesaid,referring
tohissuddendemonetisationdrivethatwaslaunchedinNovemberandcancelled500and
1,000rupeenotesatjustafewhours'notice.
TheCongress'ManishTewariretaliatedbystating,"ThePMforgottosaythatthere'salso
apartythathasbeendividingthecountryonthebasisofreligionandcaste."
DaliticonMayawatiwhohasservedfourtimesasChiefMinisterofUttarPradesh,has
deniedthatabout100croresdepositedintwoaccountslinkedtoherparty(onebelongsto
herbrother)afterthenotesbanwasannouncedconstitutesblackoruntaxedmoney.The
Congress,depletedbylossesinalonglistofelectionsandunabletostrikeanallianceso
farinIndia'smostpopulousstate,appearstohavevirtuallyabandoneditscampaignin
UttarPradesh.AndtheSamajwadiPartyhasbeenrippedapartbytheepicfatherson
battleofMulayamSinghandAkhileshYadav,withthelatter,whoistheChiefMinister,
wrestingcontrolofthepoliticaloutfitbyhavinghimselfnamedaspartypresident,amove
hisfatherhasrejectedas"unconstitutional."
"ThereisonlyoneoptionforUttarPradesh,"thePMsaid,"anditistheBJP."Heequated
hisparty's14yearabsencefromgoverningthestatewithadearthofdevelopmentthat
wouldbequicklyreversed"ifyoujustgiveusthechance."
Thedemonetisationdrive,whichcreatedalargeandstillunresolvedshortageofcash,will
beabiginfluencerintheUttarPradeshelection,whichiswhythePMsoughttoreinforce
theslewofmeasuresthathefirstrevealedinaspecialNewYear'sEvetelevisedspeech.
Farmers,smalltradersandmediumsizedentrepreneurs,allthesewillgetfinancial
assistance"hesaid,amidreportsthathisparty'sMPsfromUttarPradeshhaveshared
concernsaboutthecashcrunch.
Oflate,thelonglinesatbanksthatwereseenintheweeksafterdemonetisationhave
thinnedout,butmostATMsarestillnotworking,andsomeexpertspredictacontractionin
economicgrowth,whichhasbeenrefutedbythegovernment.

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