‘Black magic’ will not work, PM Modi takes jibe at Congress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a jibe at the Congress over its protest over “price rise” on 5 August in black clothes and said some people “are resorting to black magic as they are immersed in despair and negativity”.

“We saw on 5 August that there was an attempt to propagate black magic. These people think that by wearing black clothes, their period of despair will end. But they do not know that however much black magic they do, resort to superstition, people’s trust on them will never be restored,” the Prime Minister said in his speech through video conferencing at the inauguration of the second generation (2G) Ethanol Plant in Panipat.

The Prime Minister said that during the Amrit Mahotsav when the entire country is painted in the colour of the Tricolour, he would like to draw the attention of the country to something that has happened.

He said an attempt has been made to defame this holy occasion, “to humiliate our brave freedom fighters” and it is important to understand the mentality of such people.The Prime Minister said there are some people in the country who are trapped “in the vortex of negativity, immersed in despair” and even “after lying against the government, the public is not ready to trust such people.”

The Congress protest coincided with the foundation stone laying ceremony of a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya on 5 August, 2020.

Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had also hit out at the Congress over its protests on 5 August on price rise, saying the party chose the day for protest and its leaders wore black clothes because they “want to give a subtle message to further promote their appeasement politics” on day PM Modi laid the “foundation of Ram Janambhoomi”.

“I can’t understand why they protested today. Every day when they protest, they used to wear their usual normal dress but today they wore black clothes.

­Congress chose this day for protest and wore black clothes because they want to give a subtle message to further promote their appeasement politics because on this day itself PM Modi laid the foundation of Ram Janambhoomi,” Amit Shah had told ANI.

In his speech during the inauguration of the 2G Ethanol Plant, the Prime Minister also spoke against the culture of freebies. He said if there is selfishness in politics, then anyone can come and announce to give free petrol and diesel and noted that such steps will take away the rights of children, and prevent the country from becoming self-reliant.

Due to such selfish policies, the burden on honest taxpayers of the country will also increase, he said and noted that challenges faced by the country require clear intentions, commitment, extreme hard work, policy and huge investments.“Anyone can come and announce to give free petrol and diesel if their politics is self-centred. Such steps will take away rights from our children and prevent the country from becoming self-reliant. It will increase the burden on the taxpayers of the country,” he said.

PM Modi said that people who have a tendency to avoid problems by adopting shortcuts for political selfishness can never solve the problems permanently.“Those adopting short-cuts may get applause for some time, and may gain political advantage, but that does not solve the problem. Adopting a shortcut will definitely result in a short-circuit. Instead of following shortcuts, our government is engaged in permanent solutions to the problems. A lot has been said about the problems of stubble over the years. But those with a short-cut mentality could not solve it,” he said.