Live: Narendra Modi blasts Salman Khurshid for his London remarks at Sambalpur rally

Sambalpur (Odisha): Narendra Modi today tore into Salman Khurshid over his remarks against the Supreme Court and EC, saying it amounted to “destruction” of institutions.Addressing a huge ‘Vijay Shankalp Samavesh' rally at Sambalpur in Odisha today, Modi said Congress leaders have already started searching for excuses for a “certain” defeat.In his second rally in Odisha, Modi's tone towards chief minister Naveen Patnaik softened and he did not go after the BJD leader, who has since distanced his party from the Third Front, with the same vigour as he had done in his first address at Bhubaneswar.He condemned External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's remarks in London in which he had criticised Election Commission and Supreme Court and said he used a foreign land to target the country's two respected institutions. “I wonder which country does he represent. He has gone to London to abuse the EC. He has destroyed its reputation. They (Congress) are looking for excuses for their certain defeat. He has attacked the Supreme Court also. Prime Minister, it is your responsibility to look into it,” he said. The name of Indian National Congress should be changed to Institution Neglecting Congress, he said, adding that it had become the ruling party's habit to attack and abuse institutions.His rivals, he said, have no agenda but to chant “stop Modi, stop Modi. I am working 24 hours a day to find solution to India's problems. They are working to find a solution to Modi.”Dubbing Congress as a “betrayer and habitual liar”, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today said the party realised the need to feed the poor after 60 long years and accused it of bringing its flagship food security law so late.The only agenda of Congress is “stop Modi”, he said.“It took Congress 60 years to bring a law on food. Everybody has a stomach, everybody gets hungry. But they remembered after 60 years that they need a law on food,” Modi said at the party's “Vijay Sankalp Samavesh” here. “I seek control of price rise, but Congress says ‘stop Modi'. I want eradication of corruption, but Congress says stop Modi.”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.Charging Congress with neglecting farmers, Modi said BJP-ruled states like Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh had launched a host of measures for the benefit of the farmers. But the apathy of Congress towards farmers in Madhya Pradesh was clear from the manner in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ignored the issue when MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan staged a hunger strike for assistance to the farmers hit by hailstorm, Modi said. “Just because MP happens to be a BJP-ruled state where people voted against Congress, the Centre refused to address the problems of its farmers,” he said.Accusing Congress of lacking concern for tribals, Modi said Congress did not know there was a tribal community in the country with special needs.The tribal people got their rights because of BJP's efforts when a new Ministry of Tribal Affairs was formed at the Centre and budget for tribal communities was made during the prime ministership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he said. “While BJP and its leaders are busy looking for solutions to the problems facing the country and its people, Congress is struggling to find ways to tackle Modi as they are worried,” the BJP leader said.If Sepoy Mutiny was about “kamal and roti”, 2014 election is about about “kamal and Modi”, he said urging the people to vote for ‘kamal' (lotus), BJP's election symbol.Here are the live updates: 2:01pm - Modi concludes his speech with chants of 'Vande Mataram'.2:00pm - Please vote for BJP candidates in upcoming assembly elections. Make sure that there is a government in Odisha that works for you.1:57pm -Modi: When I say stop corruption, they say stop Modi. I say stop price rise, they say Stop Modi.The only agenda of Congress is Modi roko. They have no other agenda. 1:55pm - Modi:Please make sure that you will send maximum number of lotus from your state to parliament. Delhi needs a government that works and can take decisions.1:52pm - Modi:The way India's External Affairs Minister criticised Election Comission in London is totally shameful. The PM should take note of this shameful act of foreign minister. Congress has not spared even Supreme Court. In fact, Indian national Congress (INC) should be renamed as Institutions Neglecting Congress.1:48pm - Modi:Recently farmers suffered in MP due to ice-fall but the central govt did not extend help. Why because the people of MP had not voted for them.They are obly worried about Modi. I am busy finding solution to nation's problems while they are busy finding solutions to Modi.1:46pm - Modi: Look at the BJP government in Chhatisgarh. Chhatisgarh used to be a a Bimaru state but now things have changed. Chhatisgarh is no longer a Bimaru state.1:45pm - Modi: 1857 war was for swaraj while 2014 elections are for 'suraj' i.e. good governance. If 'lotus and bread' was the symbol of 1857 war then 'lotus and Modi' is the symbol for 2014 war.1:41pm - Modi: Advasis need land rights. If any government has given them the land rights then it's only the BJP governments across the country.1:40pm -Congress had promised to reduce the price rise within 100 days but nothing happened. In fact, the price rise went up.1:35pm - will you ever supprt who has betrayed you or has cheated you? This Congress party has the expertise in making false promises. For last 60 years, Congress has been making promises at the time of elections. They keep hoodwinking people and now they are throwing peppers in Lok Sabha.1:33pm - Modi thanks people for coming in large numbers.1:32pm - Modi begins his speech.1:10 pm: Narendra Modi reaches Sambalpur, leaves for rally venue by road11:15 am: BJP rally organisers say, their workers contacted schools, colleges and coaching centres to request authorities to send students to the rally. Named Bijoy Sankalpa Samabesh, the rally venue has LED televisions, and large TV screens on both side of the dais. 11:10 am: Sambalpur SP Prateek Mohanty says, National Security Guards and Special Operations Ground will guard Modi in his immediate vicinity. Sophisticated equipments like HHMT, DSMD, Exterior Mirror, Prodder and EVD have been deployed at the rally venue.11 am: Almost half of the ground is full, as large number of supporters enter the rally venue passing through metal detectors

Live: Narendra Modi blasts Salman Khurshid for his London remarks at Sambalpur rally

Sambalpur (Odisha): Narendra Modi today tore into Salman Khurshid over his remarks against the Supreme Court and EC, saying it amounted to “destruction” of institutions.Addressing a huge ‘Vijay Shankalp Samavesh' rally at Sambalpur in Odisha

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