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Sant Kabir Nagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the gathering, at Maghar, in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, June 28, 2018. (PIB Photo via PTI).[/caption]
Sant Kabirnagar (UP), June 28 (PTI): Invoking 15th century poet-saint Kabir Das, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the opposition of creating unrest in society and joining hands for petty political interests.
“Those who imposed Emergency and those who were against it are now trying to forge alliances,” he said at his public meeting.
Modi was on a first ever visit by a prime minister to the nondescript Maghar town where Kabir Das, who preached against caste and religious differences, attained salvation.
“The lust for power is such that those imposing Emergency and those who had opposed it then are today walking shoulder-to-shoulder, and searching for an opportunity to snatch power, he said.
They are not bothered about the welfare of the country or society, but are concerned about their own welfare and their family’s interest, Modi said at the event which marked Kabir’s 500th death anniversary. “They think if there is unrest they will benefit politically, he said.
But these people are cut off from reality and don’t know the nature of this nation of Sant Kabir, Mahatma Gandhi and Baba Ambedkar,” Modi said.
Those who always talk of ‘samajwad’ and ‘bahujan’ are extremely selfish, he said in an apparent reference to BJP’s key rivals in Uttar Pradesh - the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party.
Referring to the recent controversy over former chief ministers being served notices to vacate their bungalows in compliance with a Supreme Court order, he said, “Those people had developed an attachment to their luxurious bungalows.”
Our government repeatedly wrote letters but they did not give the number of houses to be constructed for the poor. It was a government which was interested in its own bungalows,” he said.
Unfortunately some families claim themselves to be the `bhagya vidhaataa (saviours) of the people, and are hell-bent on contradicting the preaching of Kabir Das ji.”
Recalling former President A P J Abdul Kalam, who visited Maghar in 2003, the prime minister said it will be developed as a centre of harmony on the global map.