Hyderabad, May 10: Emphasising that the Centre is trying to shield people from the adverse impact of war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for measures by citizens to overcome the challenges and to help the country.
Addressing a rally organised by Telangana BJP here, he suggested measures, including judicious use of petrol and diesel, using metro rail services in cities, car pooling, maximum use of EVs, utilising railway services to send parcels, and working from home to save foreign exchange.
Due to the war, prices of petrol and fertiliser increased a lot, he said.
When there is pressure on the supply chain, difficulties increase despite various measures by the government to overcome the crisis, he said.
“That’s why, during the global crisis, keeping the country above all else, we have to take resolutions,” he said.
“We have developed work from home, virtual meetings, video conferencing and many other methods during corona. We got habituated to it. The need of the hour is to resume those methods,” he said.
Stressing the need to save foreign exchange due to the crisis, Modi called for postponing the purchase of gold and foreign visits for one year. “We have to save foreign exchange by any means,” he said.
He also called for reducing consumption of edible oil, reducing use of chemical fertilisers, promoting natural farming and swadeshi products to save foreign exchange and to make the country self-reliant.
Stating that the BJP govt was formed in West Bengal with a massive majority, Modi asserted that he saw Bengal’s enthusiasm in Telangana. He also said that people of Telangana want a change.
“People of West Bengal defeated the dictatorial model,” he said.
When he raised the slogan of ‘Agli baar’ (meaning ‘next time’), the crowd responded saying ‘BJP sarkar’.
Recalling Telangana’s early contribution to his party, Modi said that the state gave one MP when the BJP had only two MPs.
In a scathing attack on Congress, he said the priority of Congress is not to serve people, but it has become the hub of divisive and hatred politics.
“Congress has become more Left than the Left. That means it has become a strong Maoist. It has become more ‘Muslim leagui’ than the Muslim League,” he said.
People now call Congress as ‘MMC – Muslim Leagui, MaoWadi, Congress’, Modi claimed.
