On poll eve, PM cautions voters against Congress's ‘fake promises’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Congress for making "fake promises to the people knowing fully well that it will not be able to deliver those".

Speaking on the eve of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections, the PM said people of the country would have to be vigilant against the Congress-sponsored culture of fake promises.

"We saw recently how the people of Haryana rejected their lies and preferred a government that is stable, progress-oriented and action-driven. There is a growing realisation across India that a vote for the Congress is a vote for non-governance, poor economics and unparalleled loot," he said.

The PM added that the people of India wanted development and progress. He also launched the X hashtag ‘Fake promises of Congress’.

The PM said all Congress-ruled states were struggling with poor fiscal health.

"Check any state where the Congress has government today - Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana - the developmental trajectory and fiscal health is turning from bad to worse. Their so-called guarantees lie unfulfilled, which is a terrible deceit upon the people of these states. The victims of such politics are the poor, youngsters, farmers and women, who are not only denied the benefits of these promises but also see their existing schemes diluted," he said.

Modi said that in Karnataka, the Congress was busy with intra-party politics and loot instead of focusing on development.

"Not only that, they are also going to roll back the existing schemes. In Himachal Pradesh, salaries of government workers are not paid on time. In Telangana, farmers are waiting for the waiver they promised. Previously, in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, they promised certain allowances which were never implemented for five years. There are numerous such examples of how the Congress works," said the PM.

He added that the Congress is realising the hard way that making unreal promises is easy but implementing them properly is tough or impossible.

"Campaign after campaign, they promise things to the people, which they also know they will never be able to deliver. Now, they stand exposed in front of the people! #FakePromisesOfCongress," the PM said.