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During the rally, Modi attacked the Congress and the UPA government, especially on issues related to defence and foreign affairs. "The Atal Behari Vajpayee-led NDA regime built 24,000 km of road in a single term, but the UPA has not been able to build more than 16,000 km of road in the last nine years," he said. He ascribed the UPA's set of failure to the lack of cooperation between its allies and said that the alliance was not organic. "They are together but not united," he said. He described the present government as a "dynastic rule" and "not a true people's democracy." Unlike other usual off-days when most people choose to sit and enjoy the day with friends and family watching TV, travelling and visiting relatives after a long week, Sunday witnessed swarms of people gather at the Japan