The Asian Age

It would be last elections if BJP wins 2024: Sanjay Singh

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday accused the BJP of not following the Constituti­on and alleged that if the BJP comes to power in 2024 “then it could potentiall­y mark the final stand for democracy”. He alleged that the saffron party’s bid to win 400 seats is a bid to strip away the fundamenta­l rights enshrined in the Constituti­on including the right to vote.

Addressing a press briefing on Thursday, Mr Singh said, “Idea is becoming increasing­ly strong in the minds of political leaders that the 2024 election is the final election. If, even by mistake, BJP government comes back, then these people will change the Constituti­on, abolish elections and reservatio­ns. They (BJP) will snatch away the rights of farmers, youth, and women”.

Mentioning that a bench of five judges of the Supreme Court held that the elected Delhi government has power over all administra­tive services and Prime Minister Modi changed the decision of the apex court by bringing a law in the Parliament, Mr Singh said that such an incident indicates that they want to change the Constituti­on. He further claimed that the home minister has said that BJP will rule for 50 years. Where did he come up with this idea? It is the people who decide who will win or lose the elections, he asked.

The AAP leader also mentioned the names of several BJP candidates across the country and alleged that they are openly asking for 400 seats to alter the constituti­on. He alleged that BJP wants to change the constituti­on and to snatch the rights of 85 per cent of the people of this country, reservatio­ns from Dalits, backward classes, tribal, and minorities, youth’s rights, and the rights of farmers to MSP.

“If anyone tries to tamper with the Constituti­on of the country written by Baba Saheb B.R Ambedkar, we will fight with our lives at stake. We will not allow anyone to tamper with Baba Saheb’s Constituti­on. We will not let Modi Ji abolish reservatio­ns or take away the rights of farmers and youth. Since 2019, the Modi government has shown a trailer of changing the constituti­on. After winning the 2024 elections, the RSS and Nagpur Constituti­on will be implemente­d in the country,” the AAP MP affirmed.

 ?? — PTI ?? AAP leader Sanjay Singh during a “padyatra” at Shakarpur area in support of the party’s East Delhi candidate Kuldeep Kumar in New Delhi on Thursday.
— PTI AAP leader Sanjay Singh during a “padyatra” at Shakarpur area in support of the party’s East Delhi candidate Kuldeep Kumar in New Delhi on Thursday.

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