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‘Chowkidaar’ who was ‘chor’ for them in 2019, turned honest in 2024: PM Modi’s veiled criticism of the opposition | India News – Times of India
Referring to the infamous 2019 “Chowkidaar chor hai” jibe used by the Congress, Prime Minister Modi told a gathering of party workers, “In 2019, the ‘chowkidaar’ was a ‘chor’ for them. But in 2024, they didn’t dare to call the ‘chowkidaar’ a ‘chor’ even once.” Prime Minister Modi claimed that opposition parties were driven by regaining power at any cost, even if it meant misleading the public.
“The people who consider power as their birthright have lost central power in the past decade. They are so angry with the public for blessing someone else that they have resorted to conspiracy against the nation,” PM Modi said, stressing that such actions are shameful. threat to democracy.
The Prime Minister pointed to the opposition’s long history of spreading “lies and rumours”, a tactic he said had intensified over the years.
‘Their shop of lies has been running for 75 years. But now they have accelerated their mission,” PM Modi said, calling on the BJP workers to remain vigilant and expose what he called “a series of falsehoods”.
Prime Minister Modi also spoke about the BJP’s unexpected success in states like Odisha, Haryana and Maharashtra. He cited Odisha as a particularly striking example, where “major political pundits had dismissed the possibility of the BJP forming a government,” only to be proven wrong by the election results.
The Prime Minister praised the BJP workers for their tireless efforts in the development of Odisha, a state where the party has historically fought for power. “The results of the Odisha survey have surprised many major political pundits. This shows the strength and dedication of our party workers,” he added.
Prime Minister Modi is in Bhubaneswar on a three-day visit to Odisha, where he will also attend the DG/IGP conference. He attended a special felicitation program organized by the Odisha BJP where he addressed enthusiastic party workers.
