INDIA bloc considering one year, one PM formula: PM
HARDA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the opposition INDIA bloc is contemplating “one year, one PM” formula to resolve their leadership issue and added the world will ridicule such an arrangement in the largest democracy.
Modi, addressing an election rally at Harda under the Betul Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh, asked if voters were ready for “five prime ministers in five years” formula and called it a dangerous game by the opposition alliance in which the Congress is the biggest constituent.
The BJP’s star campaigner doubled down on the Congress’s alleged plan to redistribute wealth by what he called “snatching properties of people” and added that an advisor to the party’s ‘shehzada’ (a reference to Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi) has now suggested imposing an inheritance tax.
The PM was referring to remarks by Sam Pitroda, president of the Indian Overseas
Congress who has talked about the inheritance tax law in the United States while answering a query on the “redistribution of wealth” issue.
The BJP stalwart said the Congress hates SCs/STs/OBCs to such an extent that it wants to give reservation provided to them in jobs and education to its “most loved community”.
He said while there is a clarity in the BJP over the leadership issue, the same is missing in the INDIA grouping.
“People should know to whom INDI alliance leaders want to hand over the reins of the country. It is clear in the BJP that it is Modi, but what about them?” he asked the gathering.
“There have been media reports that a discussion is going on among INDI alliance people over ‘one year, one PM’ formula. That means one PM in one year, second PM in the second year, third PM in the third year, fourth PM in the fourth year, fifth PM in the fifth year... They are busy auctioning the PM’s chair,” he said, lashing out at the opposition bloc.
Modi advised people to be alert about these leaders, who he maintained, are daydreaming like ‘Mungerilal Ke Sapne’.
He noted the Congress can go to any extent to please its vote-bank, and spoke about “wealth redistribution and inheritance tax” issues to lash out at the main opposition party.
“If anyone has more than one car, motorcycle or house, it will be confiscated if a Congress-led government assumes office,” Modi opined.