Alliances formed on basis of negativity never succeeded in country: PM Modi

On a day when opposition parties formed their INDIA coalition to take on the NDA Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said an alliance formed for the compulsion of power based on dynastic politics and keeping in mind casteism and regionalism is very harmful to the countryAddressing the leaders of constituents of the BJPled coalition at a crucial meeting here Modi said the National Democratic Alliance NDA unites the people of the country while the opposition divides themHe said the NDA recently completed 25 years a period of giving speed to the countrys progress and fulfilling regional aspirationsNDA is a beautiful rainbow of regional aspirations So nations development through the development of states At a time when we are working for a developed India NDA is taking the lead in showing the spirit of sabka prayas he saidModi said there has been a long tradition of political alliances in the country but whichever alliance was formed on the basis of negativity it never succeededIn the 1990s the Congress in order to bring instability in the country used alliances They formed governments and pulled down governments The NDA was formed in this period in 1998It was not formed against anybody or to remove anyone from power but it was formed to bring stability to the country the prime minister saidHe asserted that when there is a stable government decisions that change the direction of the nation are takenWe saw it during Atal Bihari Vajpayee jis tenure and we are seeing this in the last nine years Due to a stable government the confidence of the world in India has increased he saidWhen we were in opposition also we did constructive politics and did not indulge in negative politics We opposed the government and brought to the fore their scams but we never disrespected the mandate To oppose governments we never sought foreign help Modi saidHe said that even when it was in the opposition the NDA never posed roadblocks in the development of the countryModi said many opposition governments do not allow central schemes to be implemented in their states and if implemented they are not allowed to gather paceWhen an alliance is formed due to compulsion of power when an alliance is with the intention of corruption when an alliance is based on dynastic politics when an alliance is formed keeping in mind casteism and regionalism then that alliance is very harmful to the country Modi saidThirtyeight parties are part of the National Democratic Alliance NDA and as their leaders reached the venue earlier they were welcomed with flower bouquets and stoles amid dhol beatsEarlier Prime Minister Modi was welcomed by BJP president J P Nadda Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha leader Jitan Ram ManjhiAt the venue the prime minister greeted and met NDA leadersModi hugged LJP Ram Vilas leader Chirag Paswan after the latter greeted him and touched his feetThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever