PM Modi slams opposition parties, says they have zero vision for India

Launching a blistering attack against the opposition parties who today came on one stage in Kolkata with an aim to oust BJP from power in 2019 Lok Sabha poll, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that those who got together had no agenda but to stop the BJP. He further said that 130 crore Indians are watching their games with amusement and will give them a befitting reply in the upcoming poll.

Taking a dig at Mamata Banerjee, PM Modi said “They talk of democracy in a state where the ruling party does not even allow local elections democratically.”

Earlier, on Saturday, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee called for collective leadership, raising a slogan for a change at the Centre. 'Delhi mein sarkar badal do', she chanted. "This mega rally is the beginning of the end of the BJP and after that, there would be a change in the country, we will hold a victory rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds, the West Bengal chief minister said.

They got together in Kolkata with no agenda but to stop BJP.

They talk of democracy in a state where the ruling party does not even allow local elections democratically.

130 crore Indians are watching their games with great amusement.

India will give them a befitting reply!

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 19, 2019

Leaders from 22 opposition parties today came together at a mega rally and declared they will fight unitedly to oust the Narendra Modi government. On this congregation of political parties, PM Modi said, “Their day begins with Modi, ends with Modi. All they want to do is further their own dynasties. They have zero vision for India.”

Entire Opposition hates me because my ‘crimes’ are:

Waging the toughest war against corruption.

Stopping the reign of middlemen from the corridors of power.

Giving the poor what belongs to them in the first place but was denied for years. pic.twitter.com/EK8DrHeAhO

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 19, 2019

Listing the reasons why the opposition parties hate him, PM Modi said, “Entire Opposition hates me because my ‘crimes’ are: Waging the toughest war against corruption, stopping the reign of middlemen from the corridors of power, giving the poor what belongs to them in the first place but was denied for years.”

Earlier, on Saturday, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee called for collective leadership, raising a slogan for a change at the Centre. 'Delhi mein sarkar badal do', she chanted. "This mega rally is the beginning of the end of the BJP and after that, there would be a change in the country, we will hold a victory rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds, the West Bengal chief minister said.

Several speakers called for putting up a joint candidate in each constituency to take on the BJP and save the country from what was described as the poison of communalism and vendetta politics".

The leaders decided to hold opposition rallies next in Andhra Pradesh capital Amravati and New Delhi. Chief ministers N Chandrababu Naidu, Arvind Kejriwal and H D Kumaraswamy attended the parade ground rally.

Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, National Conference chairman Farooq Abdullah, socialist leader Sharad Yadav and DMK leader M K Stalin were there. Former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and dissident BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha also sat on the dais.

Also present were Benoy Tamang of GJM and three leaders from the northeast -- Badruddin Ajmal of AIDUF of Assam, Lalduhawma of Zoram Nationalist Party of Mizoram and former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang, who quit the BJP on Tuesday. The Congress was represented by Mallikarjun Kharge and Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Kharge read out a message from UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi wishing success to the rally.