Modi hails Advani’s Jan Chetya Yatra, attacks those spreading rumors

Gandhinagar, 10 October, 2011

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today hailed senior party leader and Gujarat MP Lal Krishna Advani’s Jan Chetna Yatra through a blog post. Modi said “Jan Chetna Yatra” against corruption will change India’s future and he has faith that this effort being undertaken by Advaniji, at such a senior age, will not go in vain.

Modi said he has been honored to have got the opportunity of closely working with Advaniji and it is extremely painful and shameful that some vested interests are spreading false rumors about Advaniji.

Modi said this in context of ongoing speculative media reports on so called Modi-Advani rift.

Reacting to speculative reports in media stating that Advani is undertaking Jan Chetna Yatra for his ambition to become the Prime Minister of India, Modi in his blog post said, “Advaniji, has dedicated his entire youth in the service of the nation and has served the country for 60 long years without break and that too, 90 percent of these years have been spent in the opposition party. One cannot help but feel pity for those who spread falsities that Advaniji, who from 1952 till today is sharing people’s joys and sorrows , is undertaking this for attaining some post or position.”

Hailing the Jan Chetna Yatra Modi said, “Shri Advaniji’s Jan Chetna Yatra holds a very special place, because of his fight against corruption, demand for bringing black money stacked in foreign banks, and in addition, creation of mass awareness and mass mobilization in support of these. I have faith that this Jan Chetna Yatra will create a new awakening against corruption and black money.”

In reference of Lalu Yadav’s act of stopping Advani’s Somnath-Ayodhya rath yatra, and Nitish all set to flag off Advani’s Jan Chetna Yatra Modi in his blog post said, “Once a Chief Minister of Bihar had stopped a Yatra of Advaniji. It is a matter of immense pleasure that today, the Chief Minister of the same state is flagging off Advaniji’s Yatra.”

Modi said the entire nation is frustrated with the issue of corruption. People are seething with anger adding that the Congress government at the center is immersed in serious allegations of corruption.