News Reading Practice #71
(100 Day Challenge)
NDA WILL RETURN TO POWER WITH MASSIVE MANDATE, SAYS MODI
‘Result will show people’s faith in good governance, policies’
AKSHAYA KUMARSAHOO, RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC
BARIPADA/BALASORE (ODISHA)/ KOLKATA, MAY 29
Campaigning in Odisha and West Bengal for the last phase
of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tore into the Opposition, calling them “anti-development”
and “corrupt”. Leading the charge for the BJP at poll rallies
in the eastern states, Mr Modi asserted
that the voters
in the country have already decided to give a massive mandate to the BJP-led
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and there will once again be a stable and progressive government at the Centre.
In Odisha, Mr Modi, while addressing separate poll
rallies in Mayurbhanj and Balasore parliamentary constituencies, said,“After
five decades, the people of India are going to return a party
for the third consecutive term with an absolute majority.
This is an attestation of the people’s faith in our good governance,
forward-looking policies and delivery of public services.”
Like in all his poll rallies, the PM devoted some minutes
to his government’s economic reforms that he said catapulted the country from the 11th rank to the fifth rank
among the world economies. He announced that India will shortly emerge as the world’s third largest economic power.
The Prime Minister also retold the
stories of his government’s success in poverty alleviation, providing free rations to the poor and gas cylinders to
women and economic
empowerment of female folks through schemes like the Lakhpati Didi Yojana.
Stating that he heard from his associates that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s health
has deteriorated a lot in the past year, Mr Modi said many suspect
that a coterie of top officers surrounding Mr Patnaik are
responsible for it.
Accusing the Odisha government of corruption, Mr Modi asserted
that the people have decided to put a full stop to the present Biju Janata Dal
(BJD) rule.
“The BJD has already ruled the state for 25 years. People
are fed up with the present corrupt government and now they have
decided to elect a BJP government.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets an elderly woman
during a public meeting ahead of the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, in
Kendrapara district, Wednesday.
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MANDATE
- official order or commission to do something (ജനവിà´§ി)
GOVERNANCE
- the action or manner of governing a state or organization (à´à´°à´£ം)
TORE
INTO - criticized or attacked forcefully (വലിà´š്à´šു à´•ീà´±ുà´•, ശക്à´¤ിà´¯ാà´¯ി, à´µിമര്à´¶ിà´•്à´•ുà´•)
CORRUPT
- dishonest or fraudulent (à´…à´´ിമതി à´¨ിറഞ്à´ž)
ASSERT
- state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully (ഉറപ്à´ªിà´š്à´šു
പറയുà´•)
STABLE
- not likely to change or fail (à´¸്à´¥ിà´°à´®ാà´¯)
DECADES
- periods of ten years (പത്à´¤ുà´•ൊà´²്à´²ം, ദശകം)
CONSECUTIVE
- following continuously (à´¤ുà´Ÿà´°്à´š്à´šà´¯ാà´¯, à´•്രമമാà´¯)
ABSOLUTE
MAJORITY - more than half of the total (à´•േവല à´ൂà´°ിപക്à´·ം)
ATTESTATION
- providing evidence or proof (à´¸ാà´•്à´·്യപ്à´ªെà´Ÿുà´¤്തല്)
CATAPULTED
- propelled or launched suddenly and forcefully (à´…à´¤ിà´µേà´—ം
à´Žà´¤്à´¤ിà´•്à´•ുà´•)
EMERGE
- come into view or existence (ഉയര്à´¨്à´¨ുവരിà´•)
RETOLD
- told again or differently (à´µീà´£്à´Ÿും പറഞ്à´žു, à´ªുനരാà´–്à´¯ാà´¨ം à´šെà´¯്à´¤ു)
POVERTY
ALLEVIATION - the action of reducing or eliminating poverty (à´¦ാà´°ിà´¦്à´°്à´¯
à´¨ിà´°്à´®്à´®ാà´°്ജനം)
ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT - the process of giving power or authority regarding economic
matters (à´¸ാà´®്പത്à´¤ിà´• ശക്à´¤ീà´•à´°à´£ം)
FEMALE
FOLKS - women or girls (à´¸്à´¤്à´°ീ ജനങ്ങള്)
ASSOCIATES
- colleagues or companions (സഹാà´¯ിà´•à´³്)
DETERIORATE
- become progressively worse (വഷളാà´•ുà´•, à´®ോശമാà´•ുà´•)
COTERIE
- a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that
is exclusive of other people (à´®ിà´¤്à´°à´—à´£ം, à´¸ംà´˜ം,
à´•ൂà´Ÿ്à´Ÿുà´•െà´Ÿ്à´Ÿ്)
FED
UP WITH - bored or frustrated with something (മടുà´¤്à´¤ു)
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