In a fiery rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegations, the Congress get together claimed on Sunday that the PM has resorted to “lies” and “hate speech” to divert the general public’s consideration away from actual points, following a “disappointment” within the first section of the Lok Sabha elections. The counterattack got here in response to PM Modi’s declare that if Congress wins energy, it is going to redistribute wealth to Muslims, citing former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assertion that the minority neighborhood has the primary declare to the nation’s assets.
At a rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara, Modi claimed that the Congress intends to distribute folks’s hard-earned cash and valuables to “infiltrators” and “those that have extra youngsters”.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge retaliated, claiming that no prime minister in India’s historical past has degraded the dignity of the workplace greater than Modi. He accused Modi of utilizing “lies” and “hate speech” to divert consideration, and claimed that the Prime Minister’s actions mirror the values of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Kharge additionally claimed that mendacity for energy, making false references, and levelling baseless accusations in opposition to opponents are hallmarks of the Sangh and BJP’s coaching. He promised that the nation’s 140 crore folks would not fall for such “lies”.
Kharge siad that the Congress manifesto is for all Indians and promotes equality and justice for all, claiming that the get together’s Nyaya Patra is based on reality.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said that after “disappointment” within the first section of voting, “the extent of lies of Narendra Modi has fallen a lot that he now needs to divert the folks’s consideration from the problems as he’s rattled”.
The tendencies of large help for Congress’ “revolutionary manifesto” have begun to emerge, Gandhi said in a Hindi put up on X.
“The nation will now vote on its points, together with employment, household, and the longer term. “India won’t be diverted,” the previous Congress chief said.
In his remarks in Rajasthan, Modi stated, “The Congress manifesto states that they are going to calculate the gold with moms and sisters, collect details about it, after which distribute that property. They may distribute it to whom- – Manmohan Singh’s authorities said that Muslims have the primary proper to the nation’s property.”
“Beforehand, when their (Congress) authorities was in energy, they said that Muslims have first precedence over the nation’s property. This implies, to whom will this property be distributed? “Will probably be distributed to those that have extra youngsters,” the prime minister said.
The Congress has said that its manifesto doesn’t point out “redistribution” and that it helps a “complete socio-economic caste census”.