Stating that good governance was the need of the hour, Modi said, “if 1857 was the battle for ‘swaraj' ( self-rule ), 2014 will be a battle for ‘su raaj'(good governance).” The Gujarat Chief Minister said Congress failed to keep the promise of checking inflation within 100 days it had made before the last elections.
“Congress had promised before the 2009 lok Sabha elections that it will control rising prices within 100 days .. but it turned out to be a false promise,” Modi said.
Because of “utter failure” on the part of the UPA government, people consider Congress to be a “betrayer and habitual liar” which always came out with false promises on the eve of elections to get votes, he said.
“People can forgive someone who commits a mistake, if someone has some weaknesses, but they would never forgive one who indulges in acts of betrayal,” the BJP leader said.
Modi said it is not that people want a BJP government or Narendra Modi as Prime Minister but the country wants to teach a lesson to those who have ruined it. People want good governance, he said.
