Congress Is Yesterday’s News, Says PM Narendra Modi

The Congress is yesterday’s news and now collapsing across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Punjab today, advising the state to stick with the time-tested Parkash Singh Badal, once the youngest chief minister and now the oldest. Punjab votes for a new government next week and PM Modi asked the state to return the Akali Dal-BJP for an unprecedented third straight term.

“You all can see how the Congress is collapsing across the country…They are desperate for power, their desperation is like that of a fish out of water,” PM Modi said at a rally in Punjab’s Jalandhar, a few hours after the Congress’ Rahul Gandhi launched a big attack on the Badals at Majitha, about 80 km away.