Modi govt power-drunk, promises dramebaazi: Sonia attacks, in Hindi

NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his government was power-drunk and the pre-poll promises of combating corruption and ensuring inclusive development were mere "dramebaazi".
In her address at the 84th Congress Plenary Session, she accused the Modi government of using all tricks in the trade to wipe out the Congress and asserted that the party would never bow down. She exhorted Congress workers to support new party chief Rahul Gandhi and be ready for any kind of sacrifice to strengthen the organisation.
Sonia Gandhi also asked the workers to free the country of "discrimination, vendetta politics and arrogance".
We are exposing Prime Minister Modi and his colleagues' false claims, frauds and corruption with proof.
"People have now understood that the 2014 promises of 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas' and 'na khaoonga, na khaane doonga' and his Mann ki Baat' on radio are only 'dramebaazi' (theatrics) and a trick to grab votes and electoral power," she said, referring to Modi's promises of inclusive development and corruption-free governance.
She claimed that the Congress was fighting a "tyrannical" government and the people have begun to realise that the promises made by the BJP in 2014 were hollow.
In the last four years, this arrogant and power-drunk government has left no stone unturned to destroy the Congress. They have used every trick in the trade, but Congress has neither succumbed before this arrogance of power nor will it succumb in future, she said.
The UPA chairperson said the party is waging a struggle against the Modi government's "dictatorial" ways, "disregard" for the Constitution, "denigration" of Parliament and their "divisive ideology", besides "political vendatta and conspiracies like intimidating the media".
"Under the leadership of former PM Manmohan Singh, the economy of this country flourished. Our government formed policies which lifted millions of people from poverty. And today, the Modi government is weakening these policies," she said.
The Congress leader claimed that the party was "exposing the frauds of the Modi government".
She also urged the party workers to extend all support her son Rahul Gandhi who took over the reigns of the Congress in "such difficult times".
Sonia Gandhi's fiery speech in Hindi drew loud applause from the party workers.The Congress is seeking to ally with like-minded parties to stop the BJP from coming back to power in 2019 general elections.