BJP eyes 400-plus to snatch rights of poor, claims Kharge
JANJGIR: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday claimed that the BJP was seeking to win more than 400 Lok Sabha seats not for the welfare of the poor but for taking away their rights.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Chhattisgarh, he also said that PM Narendra Modi had become frustrated after sensing that the INDIA bloc was heading for a majority, and hence he was resorting to remarks about “mangalsutra” and “Hindu-Muslims.”
“Modi and his followers say again and again, give us a 400-plus figure. They are seeking 400-plus seats not for the welfare of the poor, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward people... They are seeking it to take away the people’s rights,” he said.
Kharge also asked why RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had to clarify that they were not going to change the Constitution or end reservations if some BJP leader had not talked about such plans earlier.
BJP talks about the poor, but “increases the income” of industrialists Adani and Ambani, he claimed.
He also attacked the PM over his remark that Congress was planning to seize people’s wealth including even women’s mangalsutra, and asked, “We (Congress) ruled the country for 55 years, but did we snatch anyone’s ‘mangalsutra’ or misuse the ED, IT to put people behind bars?”
Why Muslims alone are being targeted, asks Kharge
Kharge criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “only talking about Muslims”, and said the poor have more children because of their economic conditions.
Modi was frustrated after sensing that the opposition’s INDIA bloc was heading for a majority, and hence he was now talking about “Mangalsutra and Muslims”, Kharge claimed at the rally.
“We are heading for a majority, that is why he (Modi) now talks about ‘Mangalsutra’ and Muslims. He says we will steal your wealth and give it to those who have more children. Poor people always have more children. Do only Muslims have them? “he asked.
“Poor people have (more) children as they do not have wealth. But why do you (Modi) only talk about Muslims? Muslims belong to this country, “he said, asking people not to get misled as “we have to build the country by taking everyone together, not like them (BJP) by breaking it.”