BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, saying her failure to provide safety to women has tarnished the country’s image.
“If the capital of our country has a woman chief minister, and our sisters and mothers are not safe, then the image of the country gets tarnished,” Modi said without directly referring to Dikshit.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate was addressing a rally at the Parade Ground near the historic Red Fort in Chandni Chowk of central Delhi.
Modi also criticised the Congress chief minister for bungling up the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
“Instead of earning fame, she (Dikshit) brought disrepute to the country,” he said.
Earlier in the day, he criticised the Congress government in Delhi, saying the party has lost people’s trust and that was why none of its leaders was campaigning here.
“This government has lost the trust of people and that is why its leaders are not coming here to campaign. They know they can’t fool the people of Delhi with fake promises,” Modi said in his address at a rally in east Delhi’s Shahdara area.
So far, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi have addressed public rallies in the national capital.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who was scheduled to address an election meeting Nov 30 in Tilak Nagar area of west Delhi but gave it a miss as he was busy.
Around 15,000 people had gathered to hear Modi speak, a party official said.
Modi wooed the crowd by promising them development as soon as the BJP came to power.
“If BJP comes to power, you will be the first to benefit,” he said.
Modi said the Congress had no issues to speak on and no development work to show and that was why it was attacking him to divert people’s attention.
“They think that by attacking Modi, they will win the elections but the fact is that they have not done anything for the people. They just don’t have the will to work for the benefit of people,” he said.
Modi is scheduled to address two more rallies later in the day in west Delhi’s Sultanpuri and Chandni Chowk in the Walled City.
–IANS