This Time They Will Be Wiped Out Of Parliament: Mallikarjun Kharge On BJPs 400 Seats Claim

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday claimed that the Narendra Modi-powered BJP will not have the ability to cross 400 seats within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and it will likely be worn out of Parliament. Speaking to reporters in Amethi, Kharge mentioned, “I said – they (BJP) keep saying that they will cross 400 (LS seats), but this time they will be out of Parliament.” The Congress president hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his assure just isn’t for the farmers, labourers, Dalits, tribal and backward individuals of the nation.

Denying any rift with the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party, Kharge mentioned, ‘”Everything will be alright. He has agreed and our people have agreed too. There is no problem.”  Kharge on Saturday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities and described it as a ‘curse’ for the nation’s farmers. 

#WATCH | In UP’s Amethi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge says, “I said – they (BJP) are saying that they will cross 400 (LS seats), but this time they will be out of Parliament.” https://t.co/mr3cU5wfmC
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Interestingly, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at present made his participation within the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra conditional to a choice on seat sharing, saying that he will likely be becoming a member of it the second the seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections are distributed between the 2 events. “Right now talks are going on, lists have come from their side and from ours as well, the moment the seats are distributed and decided, the Samajwadi Party will join Congress’s Nyaya Yatra,” Yadav mentioned talking to reporters on Monday.

The Congress president accused the Modi authorities of treating farmers like enemies. Kharge asserted that solely the Congress get together can present farmers with the authorized proper to a Minimum Support Price (MSP).

“The Modi government is a curse for the country’s food-providing farmers. Due to the continuous false ‘Modi’s Guarantee’, first 750 farmers lost their lives, and now, yesterday, one farmer lost his life and 3 have lost their eyesight due to rubber bullets. The Modi government has treated farmers like enemies, Only Congress will give them the legal right of MSP!” he mentioned in a put up on ‘X’.

Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ballot guarantees, Kharge mentioned the previous is the chief of all liars as he didn’t even fulfil what he had promised throughout his 2014 ballot marketing campaign.

“I want to ask him what happened to the promises he made during 2014–he never fulfilled those. Modiji jhuton ka sardar hai (PM Modi is the chief of liars),” Kharge mentioned addressing get together employees at an occasion hosted by Maharashtra Congress in Pune.

The Congress nationwide president mentioned individuals maintain praising PM Modi regardless of the latter not doing a lot work within the final 10 years.

Kharge cautioned that if such a situation continues, the Constitution will “vanish”.

“PM Modi keeps lying…you all know what he did in the last ten years. Still, people praise him…if this continues, then there will soon come a day when the Constitution will vanish. We are waging a fight to protect the Constitution and have to keep fighting,” he mentioned.

Describing Prime Minister Modi as “individualistic,” Kharge alleged that the previous doesn’t even take his get together’s identify whereas saying his “guarantees.” “PM Modi keeps on saying that this is Modi ki Guarantee…he never uses his party name. He is very individualistic and full of himself,” the Congress president mentioned.

Claiming additional that the BJP had no position within the nation’s freedom battle, Kharge added, “We are fighting for the country and its founding ideals all over again. The BJP had no role or contribution to our freedom struggle. We fought for the country.”

Taking a dig on the Congress, PM Modi earlier this month mentioned that even Opposition chief Mallikarjun Kharge has predicted the return of the NDA authorities with over 400 seats. 

PM Modi made this comment throughout his response to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s deal with in Lok Sabha.

During a session within the Rajya Sabha on February 2, Kharge inadvertently coined what would turn out to be a rallying cry for the BJP, stating “Abki Baar, 400 Paar,” which interprets to “This time, over 400 seats.”

“Our third tenure is not far away, a maximum of 100-125 days are left. The entire nation is saying ‘abki baar, 400 paar’. Even Kharge ji said that,” PM Modi mentioned whereas replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s deal with in Lok Sabha.

He expressed confidence that the BJP wouldn’t solely safe a 3rd time period but additionally obtain a powerful victory by successful over 370 seats individually and crossing the 400 mark with the assist of the NDA bloc. Modi’s remarks had been met with laughter, together with his personal, as he acknowledged Kharge’s assertion, suggesting that even the opposition chief appeared to foretell the ruling get together’s electoral success.

Modi additional criticised the Congress get together, implying that that they had turn out to be snug of their position because the opposition and had been getting ready to occupy the spectators’ gallery in Parliament. He additionally took a veiled swipe at Rahul Gandhi and the Congress get together’s alleged nepotism, criticizing the repeated promotion of the identical management with out success.

PM Modi not directly referenced Rahul Gandhi by stating that the Congress is getting ready to shutting down its store, emphasizing that they maintain attempting to relaunch the identical product repeatedly.