'Water shortages, pollution': 'Aapda' turned every season in Delhi into emergency, PM targets AAP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched BJP's campaign for Delhi Assembly election campaign with a blistering attack against the incumbent AAP-led state government.

During the saffron party's Parivartan rally Delhi, PM Modi said, "Aapda turned every season in Delhi into emergency, with water shortages, waterlogging, pollution".

In further attack, Modi appealed to the voters to provide an opportunity to BJP for a "bright future".

#WATCH | Delhi: At BJP's Parivartan rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says "I want to appeal to the people of Delhi to give an opportunity to BJP for the bright future of Delhi, It is BJP which can develop Delhi. In the last 10 years, the govt that Delhi has seen is no less pic.twitter.com/IrFXZxJcNe
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"I want to appeal to the people of Delhi to give an opportunity to BJP for the bright future of Delhi, It is BJP which can develop Delhi. In the last 10 years, the govt that Delhi has seen is no less than 'AAP-DA'. Now, we can only hear 'AAP-DA nahi sahenge, badal ke rahenge' in Delhi. Delhi wants development and the people of Delhi have trust in BJP," he said.

PM Modi also highlighted that the next 25 years are "very important" for the future of the country as India will see a "new phase of modernity".

"We are in the year 2025. 25 years of the 21st century have passed. That means a quarter of a century has passed. During this time, probably 2-3 generations of youth in Delhi have grown up. Now the coming 25 years are very important for the future of India, for the future of Delhi. These 25 years will see India becoming a developed nation."

He added, "We will be able to see this journey of developed India before our eyes. We will see India passing through a new phase of modernity. A very big milestone in this journey of developed India is going to come soon. When India will become the third largest economic power in the world. It is very important that our Delhi, the capital of the country, walks step by step in this glorious journey. We have to develop Delhi as the capital of developed India."

With agency inputs