Dhule: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday claimed {that a} third time period for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah would imply the poor, Dalits and tribals could be “treated like slaves”.
Addressing a marketing campaign rally in Maharashtra’s Dhule constituency, Kharge accused Modi of failing to ship on his guarantees of bringing again black cash and offering jobs.
“Before Independence, the poor, Dalits and tribals were treated like slaves. If you give a third term to Modi and Shah, the same situation will repeat. We will become slaves again,” he mentioned.
Congress has fielded former MLA Shobha Bachhav towards ex-Union minister Subhash Bhamre of BJP from Dhule Lok Sabha constituency which can vote on May 20.
“RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had mentioned in 2015 that the Constitution ought to be modified. Later, many BJP MPs and saffron celebration leaders additionally made comparable statements,” Kharge mentioned.
He accused PM Modi of “spreading lies”. Modi chest-thumped about bringing again black cash from overseas however by no means delivered on that promise, mentioned Kharge.
“He claimed to provide two crore jobs every year but never did. Instead of increasing farmers’ income, as per his claims, his wrong policies increased the production cost for growers. That is why Modi should be removed from power,” Kharge added. He additionally introduced up the problem of social unrest in Manipur resulting from ethnic clashes.
“When the folks of Manipur have been struggling a lot, Modi by no means uttered a single phrase about it. He is a coward who didn’t even go to there. Rahul Gandhi, then again, began his Nyay Yatra from there and likewise interacted with folks.
“Modi talks about ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas’, but what he did is ‘Sabka Satyanash’ (destruction),” the Congress chief mentioned. Kharge mentioned if voted to energy, the Congress authorities will fill all 30 lakh vacant seats in varied departments of the Central authorities.
“The only reason Modi did not fill these vacancies was because doing so would have meant application of quotas. He didn’t want more Dalits and backward communities to get jobs,” he alleged.
Kharge additionally accused the BJP of attempting to create communal division within the nation.
“Instead of talking about the works he did, Modi talks on Hindu-Muslim issues. He talks about Mughal, Muslims and ‘Mangalsutra’, which is divisive. You cannot fool all the people all the time,” the Congress president mentioned.
He cited some “internal reports” to say that Maharashtra, which sends 48 members to Lok Sabha, would give most seats to the INDIA bloc.