Modi is chowkidaar of capitalists who ran away with people’s money: Sidhu

Jamshedpur/Hazaribag/Ranchi: Former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu appealed to the voters to cast their vote wisely for the sake of the future of the next generation. Addressing a public rally in support of Congress’s Singhbhum candidate, Geeta Koda, in Adityapur on Tuesday, Sidhu said Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre failed to do anything for the educated and unemployed youths. “One wrong vote can force your children to become tea seller, pakoda seller or even a chowkidaar as BJP has failed to create jobs.”
Accusing Modi government of playing into the hands of the crony capitalists and industrialists, the Congress leader said: “The likes of Ambanis and Adanis have benefited from the Modi government while the lives of the common people worsened during Modi’s tenure.”
The television personality alleged that Modi paved way for Anil Ambani in Rafale aircraft deal.
Sidhu accused the Modi government of giving benefits to corporates at the cost of the public sector companies. “At a time when the employees of state-owned BSNL are not getting salaries on time the PM is busy promoting Reliance Jio,” he accused.
He further said public sector companies such as BHEL and SAIL that made annual profit of Rs 8,000 crore and Rs 2,200 crore in 2014 have turned into “loss-making entities” because the Centre’s pro-corporate policies. “Modi needs to answer how HEC in Ranchi was reduced to a company with barely 3,000 employees down from once 30,000-strong manpower,” Sidhu said.
“Modi is the chowkidaar of the capitalists who ran away with crores of rupees of the poor people,” he told a gathering of supporters, while appealing them to elect Congress and its allies to power for the sake for jobs, development and prosperity.
Though he charmed the audience in the Steel City, Sidhu left was left fuming in Hazaribag, where the district administration did not allow him to hold a road show in open vehicle to canvas for Congress’s Gopal Sahu.
Sidhu was scheduled to address a poll rally in Ranchi for Subodh Kant Sahay, but it was shelved at the last moment. While a few Congress leaders said the district administration denied permission, Ranchi deputy commissioner Rai Mahimapat Ray said no permission was sought for Sidhu’s rally.