BusinessLine (Hyderabad)

‘Congress promise on Muslim quota will be a loss for BCs’

PM attacks Congress and promises plenty for Hyderabad

- Naga Sridhar

By promising religion-based reservatio­ns to the Muslims, Congress and its allies are trying to take away the benefits of reservatio­n for some Backward Classes (BCs) which is against the Constituti­on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

Addressing a public meeting at LB Stadium here on Thursday, on his last leg of election campaignin­g in the Telugu States, Modi said Congress was adopting ‘appeasemen­t policies’ to secure vote banks. Alleging that Congress is ‘racial’ in its attitude he said, “Some Congress leaders are calling people of Telangana as Africans. A tutor of the Congress Prince is also saying constructi­on of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya and worship of

Ram is against idea of India.”

‘NO IDEA OF INDIA’

The Congress had no idea of India, the Prime Minister said, adding the idea of India was a reflection of ancient Indian culture, Satyameva Jayate, Ahimsa and Vasudaiva Kutumbakam, among others. The Congress was planning to take away personal property of individual­s which should not be allowed as they were following a ‘divide and rule’ policy to break the nation, Modi alleged.

“Hyderabad is a city of solutions. By voting for BJP, it can provide many solutions to India,” Modi said, stating that there was a lot of discussion about “RR” tax in Telangana with one R from Hyderabad and another from Delhi. “There is one more R in Hyderabad which is Rajakar,” he said.

Referring to the alliance between the BRS and AIMIM in Telangana, Modi said even the Congress government was also hand in glove with AIMIM as part of vote bank politics. Both the parties stayed away from celebratin­g Hyderabad Liberation Day on September 17 every year to please AIMIM but the Centre had declared o‘cial celebratio­ns, he added.

The NDA government was committed to the speedy developmen­t of Telangana and sanctioned its first All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Turmeric Board, four Vande Bharat trains and an NTPC unit, among others, Modi said. Earlier in the day, Modi also addressed a well-attended public meeting at Narayanpet in Mahabubnag­ar Lok Sabha constituen­cy and said that the present elections would decide the future of the nation and asked people to vote for a ‘strong’ government led by the BJP.

 ?? ANI ?? PICTURE PERFECT? Narendra Modi being felicitate­d during a public meeting ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Hyderabad on Friday
ANI PICTURE PERFECT? Narendra Modi being felicitate­d during a public meeting ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Hyderabad on Friday

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