PM Modi's new slogan to take on Indira's 'garibi hatao'

September 22, 2016 18:34

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to announce on Saturday a new slogan against poverty to take on the iconic Garibi Hatao coined by the Congress' Indira Gandhi.

He will be addressing party workers in Kerala's Kozhikode, where the BJP's national council, made up of top leaders, will meet on Sunday.

As the BJP prepares for crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand, top leaders believe the party can position itself to lead the battle against poverty, a space occupied for many years by the Congress since former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi gave it the Garibi Hatao or end poverty slogan in the 1970s.

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