Four generations ruled Delhi but today they can’t even contest four seats: PM Modi rips into Congress

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stepped up his offensive against the INDI Alliance over their ‘opportunistic’ tie-up, as he cautioned people to be aware of their ‘dangerous designs’, highlighting that they are ‘poll partners’ in Delhi but rivals in adjacent Punjab.Addressing a huge gathering in North-East Delhi, PM Modi lambasted the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (without taking the latter’s name) for ‘looting’ the city and also denying the benefits of the Central welfare schemes to its residents.Taking a jab at the grand old party, PM Modi said, “Four generations of Congress ruled the country, but today they are reduced to such a state that they can’t even contest four Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.”Notably, AAP and Congress stitched a pre-poll alliance in Delhi, with the former contesting four seats and the latter fielding its candidates on three seats. All seven seats in the national capital will go to the polls on May 25. In neighbouring Punjab, the two parties have fielded candidates against each other, hoping for a bigger victory.PM Modi hit out at the ‘unholy alliance’ in Delhi and said that the party which rose to power on promises of clean governance has been caught in deep corruption and now its leaders are behind bars, a remark directed at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. He added that another party along with its ‘Shahi Parivaar’ has embraced the corrupt.“’Dilli Mein Dosti Aur Punjab Mein Kushti’… They can’t keep befooling the public with such brazen opportunism,” PM Modi said.The Prime Minister also tore into the Delhi government as he accused it of depriving the city residents of the benefits of the Centre’s welfare schemes such as the Ayushman Yojana.He told the gathering that the NDA government has announced free treatment for people above 70 years of age, and one can now avail this facility at the Centre-run hospitals in the national capital.PM Modi also came down heavily on the Congress for its appeasement