TOP priority for govt means Tomato, Onion and Potato, says PM
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today redefined what he means by the term ‘TOP’ priority of the NDA government led by him.
TOP means Tomato, Onion, and Potato, he said at a public rally to mark the culmination of Karnataka BJP’s ‘Parivarthana Yatra’ that crisscrossed the entire state covering all the 224 assembly constituencies. Modi said, “Those growing vegetables and fruits are among our top priority. When I say TOP, I mean whichever part of the country you go, three vegetables are very much visible — Tomato, Onion, and Potato.”
“That’s why I call TOP Priority. T for Tomato, O for Onion and P for potato – that makes TOP priority.” He explained that these three TOP staples found across the country symbolized his government’s initiative called ‘Operation Greens’ to improve the living condition of farmers.
Keeping these growers in mind, Operation Greens has been announced in the budget, he said. Just as AMUL enhanced farmers’ income, Operation Greens would prove beneficial for vegetable growers, the Prime Minister said.
He assured farmers that BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa would earmark Rs one lakh crore to improve the irrigation system in Karnataka if he becomes the Chief Minister after the assembly elections.
Will make sure Karnataka is Congress-free: Modi
Bengaluru, Feb 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will make sure Karnataka is “Congress-free” after the upcoming elections.
“The countdown for the Congress to be dispelled from the state has begun. We will make sure Karnataka is Congress-free,” Modi said at a party rally here.
The Prime Minister was on a day-long visit to the city to address the event that marks the culmination of the party’s 90-day rally across the districts of Karnataka.
“The BJP will take Karnataka to new heights on the path of development.”
In an attempt to please the people at the rally, the Prime Minister delivered the first few lines of his address in Kannada.
Having landed at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport in the afternoon, the Prime Minister was flown to the venue in a chopper.
Thousands of youth and IT professionals from the city, along with several farmers and citizens from across the state, attended the event at the sprawling Palace Grounds.
Named “Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivartana Yatra” (journey to build a new Karnataka), the rally across 224 assembly constituencies of the state was flagged off on November 2 by the party’s national President Amit Shah here.
The rally, to bring the BJP back to power in the southern state on the plank of transforming it through development, was led by its state unit president and former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and the party’s other state leaders.
Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Piyush Goyal who are in-charge of the BJP poll campaign in Karnataka, Ananth Kumar, D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Ananthkumar Hegde who hail from the state, were also at the event.
Legislative assembly elections in Karnataka are due in April-May.
The BJP came to power on its own for the first time in 2008 but lost to the Congress after five years in the May 2013 election.
Make Karnataka “Corruption-free”. People don’t care whether it is Congress or BJP; they want a Government which works for the people;
honest and trustworthy.
Divya Spandana aka Ramya[who?] wrote some non sense on her twitter handle. Senseless as she is, it failed to create any ripple or flutter. She is the female version of that joke called Mani Shankar Aiyar.
Cong I should be thaknkful to BJP that they have Yeddi a the CM candidate. So Cong I does not Ramya or any one to win.
Needless to say that the rotten tomato was on Ramya.