Congress made 'dependent' ,Modi made 'self reliant India', says Nadda

The Congress was responsible for India being "dependent", while Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the country self-reliant, BJP president J P Nadda said in Lucknow on Friday while addressing a conference.  Nadda cited a survey by a news channel, which showed Modi as the most popular prime minister and Yogi Adityanath as the most popular chief minister.Nadda also took a jibe at former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, whose name figured at the bottom of the list. "The Congress always ridiculed schemes of Modi but these schemes had impact on lives of the ordinary citizens," he said. Nadda said the Congress made a "nirbhar Bharat" (dependent India), while Modi made an "aatmanirbhar Bharat" (self-reliant India).
"Congress has raised questions on Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan also. They had forced the country to stay dependent. Do they know what self-reliance is?" he asked.Referring to the "poor" law and order in the state during the earlier regimes, Nadda said: "By the efforts of the Adityanath government, not only the goons, even the leaders have understood what is law and order."
Earlier, addressing party workers during a 'booth president conference', Nadda said his party had a leader and the intention to take it forward, unlike other political outfits, which he accused of being dynastic.He claimed that dynastic politics could be found in all political parties, except the Bharatiya Janata Party, in which an ordinary person could become a prime minister, defence minister or the home minister."In the country, there are around 1,500 political parties. Of these, some are of national level, while some are of regional level. But, I always say that a person should consider himself/herself the most fortunate from the political point of view if he/she gets an opportunity to work as a worker of the BJP," he said.

Referring to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nadda said even the US could not decide between the options of economy and health. As a result, he added, it was a political and an electoral issue, and there was an electoral loss. Nadda said the US, Spain and Italy, which have better healthcare system, collapsed because the leadership did not take the decision at the appropriate time."Here, Modiji took the decision at the right time, imposed a lockdown with timely intervention and bold decision and saved the country," Nadda said.