Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge claimed on Sunday that the one risk to India was from the RSS and the BJP, which had been making an attempt to divide individuals. Lashing out on the BJP leaders for elevating the bogey of ‘batenge to katenge’, Kharge stated the nation was already united and never divided. “Solely the BJP and the RSS had been making an attempt to divide the individuals,” he charged. He alleged the RSS individuals stored speaking about dividing and lynching individuals from morning to night.
“The BJP and the RSS had already created divisions within the society by way of their ideology and by following the Manusmriti, which discriminated between individuals,” Kharge stated whereas addressing a ‘Save Structure’ convention. The Congress President expressed aid that the Modi authorities turned a lame authorities because the BJP didn’t get ‘400 plus’ seats. He added that it’s now depending on two crutches of Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu. He stated, earlier this authorities wouldn’t have interaction in debates and discussions.
Speaking in regards to the wholesome relations earlier between the leaders of the ruling get together and the Opposition, Kharge recalled the previous Prime Minister and BJP chief Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He stated Vajpayee even described Indira Gandhi as Durga when she liberated Bangladesh. He stated, Vajpayee praised Pandit Nehru as nicely and he (Nehru) additionally praised the previous.
The Congress President accused Prime Minister Modi of misusing the ED, the CBI, the CVC and different establishments to intimidate political opponents wherever the BJP felt that it was not profitable. Nevertheless, he requested PM Modi as to how lengthy he can intimidate his opponents and what number of leaders he can put behind bars. He asserted that the opposition was united and it could not be threatened and intimidated, come what might.
With out taking his identify, Kharge took a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saying there was a Chief Minister, who wears saffron robes, as a substitute of white, and makes use of the expression ‘batenge toh katenge” to divide individuals. Praising the nation’s democracy, Kharge identified that whereas India elected a girl Prime Minister Indira Gandhi lengthy again and likewise a girl President from Maharashtra (Pratibha Patil), the USA, regardless of its claims of being a progressive nation had nonetheless not elected a girl as President.
He claimed that the credit score for establishing such a contemporary and progressive democracy within the nation goes to the Congress and its leaders who laid down sturdy democratic foundations for the nation.
