A resolution on the Ram temple in Ayodhya was passed, asserting that this heralds the establishment of 'Ram Rajya' in India.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, 18 February, asked the BJP cadre to work with renewed vigour and confidence for the next 100 days to reach out to new voters and win their confidence to ensure the party’s return to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing the BJP national convention in New Delhi, Modi said the nation would now have to dream big and make big resolutions to make India a developed country by 2047.
The party also passed two resolutions on Sunday.
One was on the Ram temple in Ayodhya, asserting that this heralds the establishment of “Ram Rajya” in India for the next 1,000 years.
The other was named “Viksit Bharat – Modi’s guarantee”, envisioning a developed India by 2047.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah likened the upcoming Lok Sabha polls to the Mahabharata war, asserting that Modi was leading the BJP-led camp in working for the country’s development while the “INDI alliance” under the Congress was full of family-run parties and corruption.
आज भाजपा, युवाशक्ति, नारीशक्ति, गरीब और किसान की शक्ति को विकसित भारत के निर्माण की शक्ति बना रही है।
हमने सच्चे अर्थ में सामाजिक न्याय की भावना से हर व्यवस्था को पुरानी सोच और अप्प्रोच से बाहर निकाला है। जिनको किसी ने नहीं पूछा, हमने उन्हें पूछा है, हमने उन्हें पूजा है।
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“The next five years are going to be crucial. We have to take a big leap towards ‘Viksit Bharat’. The first imperative is to ensure the return of the BJP to power in strong numbers,” the prime minister said.
Dreams of crores of women, poor and youths are Modi’s dream, he said.
“We rid the country of mega scams and terror attacks, and made efforts to improve living standards of the poor and the middle class,” the prime minister said.
Modi said he was not seeking a third term to enjoy power but to work for the nation. “If I had thought of my home, it would not have been possible to build homes for crores of people,” he said.
He said 10 years of unblemished governance and pulling 25 crore people out of poverty were no ordinary feats.
“A senior leader once told me I had done enough as PM and CM, I should rest. But I am working for ‘rashtraniti‘ (national politics), not ‘rajneeti‘ (politics),” he said.
The prime minister said he lives by the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and takes inspiration from him.
“I am not someone who lives for his own happiness. I am advocating for a third term for the BJP not for political gains, but for the benefit of India. My efforts are dedicated to the people of India. The dreams of Indians are my commitments,” Modi said.
He said he was the first prime minister to raise the issue of toilets and speak about dignity for women from the Red Fort.
The BJP is bringing together the power of youths, women, farmers and the youth in building a “Viksit Bharat”, Modi said.
“We asked those who were not acknowledged by anyone, and not just that, we have also worshipped them,” he said.
In the times to come, there will be plenty of opportunities for “our mothers, sisters and daughters”, the prime minister said.
He said Mission Shakti will create a complete ecosystem for the protection and empowerment of women in the country and added that 15,000 women’s self-help groups will get drones.
“Now, ‘Drone Didi’ will bring scientific temperament and modernity to farming. Now, three crore women in the country will be made ‘Lakhpati Didis’,” the prime minister said.
He also said that the BJP ended the five-century wait of people and constructed the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
“The religious flag has been hoisted in Pavagadh, Gujarat, after 500 years. After seven decades, we opened the Kartarpur Sahib Highway. After waiting for seven decades, the country has got freedom from Article 370,” the prime minister said.
In his address, Shah lashed out at the Opposition INDIA bloc for its promotion of dynastic and appeasement politics.
“Just as in the Mahabharata war there were two camps, Kauravas and Pandavas, similarly today there are two camps ahead of the elections,” Shah said.
One of the camps is the BJP-led NDA under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and the other is the “INDI Alliance” led by the Congress, he said.
“INDI alliance is an alliance of all dynastic parties, which nurture the politics of dynasticism, corruption, appeasement, while the BJP-led NDA is an alliance of parties which follows the principles of the nation,” he said.
People of the country will have to decide which of the two camps they want to give the mandate to this time, he added.
He was speaking on the resolution “BJP: Desh ki aasha, vipaksha ki hatasha (BJP: Country’s hope, Opposition’s despair)”.
The Opposition, he said, is full of “2G, 3G, and 4G” parties, a reference to the second, third, and fourth generation of families running these parties.
“The Congress, which leads the INDI alliance, ended the spirit of democracy with corruption, dynasticism, and appeasement so that the people’s mandate did not come independently,” Shah said.
Prime Minister Modi brought the politics of development to the centre stage by ending the Opposition parties’ politics of dynasticism, corruption, appeasement and caste, he said.
The prime minister has worked for the development of all sections of society and enhanced the country’s global standing, Shah said while asserting that there is no doubt in people’s minds that the prime minister will retain power for a third term.
Shah described Modi as a candle which removes darkness while burning itself, as he lauded his dedication, hard work and commitment to the country’s progress.
While Modi thinks of the poor and the country’s development, INDIA bloc leaders think of making their children prime minister and chief ministers, said Shah, referring to Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Lalu Prasad, and MK Stalin among others.
“The Congress is the mother of corruption and its nurturer in this country,” he said as he listed the alleged scams during the Congress regime and that of its allies.
All the family “princes” have come together against Modi as they think only someone from a powerful family can occupy the top position, he said amid slogans in support of Modi at the meeting.
“On the one hand there are family-run parties and on the other is the son of a poor mother,” he said.
The government has worked to lift the living standards of 60 crore poor who earlier felt left out of the development process, he said.
Opposition parties, he said, are in denial mode and oppose everything for the sake of it, be it the repeal of Article 370, ban on triple talaq, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or the construction of the new Parliament building.
He also lashed out at the Congress for turning down the invite for the Ram temple consecration ceremony, saying they did so due to appeasement politics.
If family-run politics existed in the BJP, then the son of a tea seller would not have become the country’s prime minister, he asserted.
The BJP’s national convention on Sunday passed a resolution on the Ram temple in Ayodhya, asserting that this heralds the establishment of “Ram Rajya” in India for the next 1,000 years.
The resolution noted that the temple where a grand consecration ceremony took place last month, has become a temple of “national consciousness” and will play a decisive role in fulfilling the resolutions adopted in building a “Viksit Bharat”.
“The construction of a grand and divine temple of Lord Shri Ram at his birthplace in the ancient holy city of Ayodhya is a historic and glorious achievement for the country. This heralds the establishment of ‘Ram Rajya’ in India for the next 1,000 years with the beginning of a new ‘Kalachakra’,” the resolution said.
“This convention of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heartily congratulates the leadership of the prime minister (Narendra Modi) for successfully conducting the consecration of Lord Ram,” it added.
The resolution noted that the Ram temple is a symbol of India’s vision, philosophy and path. “Shri Ram temple has truly become a temple of national consciousness,” it said and added that every Indian was happy to see the divine consecration of Lord Shri Ram.
On 22 January, a new idol of Lord Ram was consecrated at the temple in a consecration ceremony led by Prime Minister Modi. Lakhs of people watched the “pran pratishtha (consecration)” ceremony on television in their homes and neighbourhood temples, becoming part of the historic event.
The resolution said that Lord Ram, Sita and the Ramayana are present in every aspect of Indian civilisation and culture.
“Even in the original copy of the Constitution of India, on the section of fundamental rights, the picture of Lord Shri Ram, Mother Sita and Lakshman ji after returning to Ayodhya after the victory is proof of the fact that Lord Shri Ram is the source of inspiration for the fundamental rights,” it said.
The resolution said that “the idea of ‘Ram Rajya’ was also in the heart of Bapu Mahatma Gandhi”.
“He used to say that the idea of ‘Ram Rajya’ is the idea of true democracy. Following the ideals of Lord Shri Ram, the prime minister has implemented the spirit of ‘Ram Rajya’ in the true sense by establishing good governance in the country,” it added.
The values that Lord Ram instilled in his words and thoughts are the inspiration for ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,’ and the basis of ‘Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’, the resolution said.
“Under the leadership of the prime minister, India’s unity and solidarity have received the power of public participation. He has raised the morale of the nation with his policies and leadership. Indian cultural, spiritual and historical pride has been restored in the last 10 years,” it said.
“This convention congratulates Prime Minister Modi for making the shared power of heritage and development the identity of new India through his determined efforts and thanks the prime minister for making the whole of
India experiences the magic of Ram,” it added.
(With PTI inputs)
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