SC verdict on EVM tight slap to Oppn, says PM
Modi: Cong’s manifesto exposes injustice to Hindus in nation
ARARIA/MUNGER: PM Modi on Friday asserted that the SC judgment on Electronic Voting Machines was a “tight slap” to the Congress-led opposition which must “apologise” for committing the sin of creating distrust against EVMs.
Modi, who addressed backto-back election rallies at Araria and Munger Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, also charged the opposition with trying to “steal” reservations meant for OBCs, SCs and STs “for the sake of their favourite vote bank of Muslims.”
“When the Congress, the RJD and other INDI alliance parties were in power, the poor, backwards and Dalits used to be deprived of their votes through booth capture. With the introduction of Electronic Voting Machines, they are no longer able to play their old game. Hence, they committed the sin of creating distrust against EVMs,” alleged the PM in Araria.
“But today, the highest court of the land has delivered a verdict a few hours earlier which comes as a tight slap to these parties,” Modi said.
He also accused the Congress of having “stolen” reservations meant for the OBCs and transferring the benefits to Muslims in Karnataka, where the party is in power and wanted to replicate the “conspiracy” in the rest of the country, including in Bihar where its ally RJD has “not spoken a word against” the move in the southern state.
Claiming that the previous government headed by Manmohan Singh had given its “assent” for reservations to Muslims, the prime minister slammed the Congress and its “ecosystem” for “trying to browbeat me, without success.”
“I will not allow reservations meant for SCs, STs and OBCs to be diverted for vote bank politics. This is Modi’s guarantee,” he said.
Reiterating that the Congress manifesto bore “the imprint of Muslim League,” Modi said the party’s “injustice towards Hindus stands exposed.”
Modi also tore into Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and technocrat Sam Pitroda, without mentioning either of them by name, alleging “the Shehzada (crown prince) of the Congress and his Guru do not want you to bequeath your property to your children. They have come up with the dreadful idea of imposing inheritance tax.”
“The RJD is quiet on the Congress’ plans to track every citizen’s wealth and snatch away 50 per cent of it if the INDI alliance came to power. Both allies want to enjoy the loot,” charged the Prime Minister.
In Munger, the prime minister also referred to the world-renowned Bihar School of Yoga and lashed out at “those with a slave mentality” for “handing over to the foreigners what was an ancient discipline with origins in our land.”