BJP president J P Nadda has said, “The Congress was responsible for India being "dependent", while Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the country self-reliant’
Addressing a meeting of the intellectuals organised by the BJP's Lucknow unit at the Indira Gandhi Pratisthaan, 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.
"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.
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