Congress threw Dalit Kesri on footpath to make Sonia Gandhi chief: PM

MAHASAMUND/ CHHINDWARA: Continuing his tirade against Congress over appointment of someone outside of the Nehru-Gandhi family as party chief, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday claimed that Dalit leader Sitaram Kesri was not allowed to complete his term and was “thrown out of office to the footpath” to make way for Sonia Gandhi.

Addressing an election rally on the last day of electioneering in Chhattisgarh, the PM said four generations of Gandhi family ruled the country but did nothing to help the people.

Modi said that earlier Delhi had a remote-controlled government and the remote was in the hands of a family that was afraid of BJP.

Alleging that Congress only believed in the welfare of one family and not of the people, the Prime Minister asked, “How can we trust their words that they will fulfil the aspirations of the people.”

Claiming that Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh had to face a lot of problems from Congress-led UPA at the Centre, Modi said for 10 years the Centre was ruled by a remote-controlled government, which never paid attention to the state. “Raman Singh government has helped Chhattisgarh shed the BIMARU tag and become a developed state. Now, both the Centre and the state governments are committed to the development of the state”, he added