Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that at the end of the first round of Lok Sabha voting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was afraid of invisible voters and that is why he always criticizes the Congress party, news agency PTI reported. .
If Congress is nothing, why does the Prime Minister care about the grand old party, Kharge asked at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram.
He said he had traveled to almost 10-12 states and the party was getting a very good response from voters there.
“I can say that I hope the underlying current is not visible, but Modiji is afraid of these invisible voters and that’s why he always criticizes the Congress,” Kharge said at the press conference, PTI reported.
Accusing the Prime Minister of acting like a “petty politician”, the AICC president also wanted him to read more about the history of this country and learn how to keep the nation united.
Meanwhile, the campaign for the second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on April 26 has reached its peak, with opposition leaders from the INDIA block attacking the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the “mangalsutra” comment ” from the Prime Minister, about the BJP’s decision. The Surat MP won unopposed and Congress leaders reiterated a promise to conduct a caste census, ANI reported.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said her party is committed to holding a caste poll if elected to power at the Center and the Kadugolla community in Karnataka will be included among the Scheduled Tribes (ST).
Addressing a rally on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Chitradurga, Karnataka, he said the Congress will pass a constitutional amendment to increase the 50 per cent limit on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs.
“For Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and OBC, as my brother (Rahul Gandhi) says everywhere, a complete count will be done across the country on who belongs to which caste and what is their population and who. is earning how much and then new policies will be created under that. The reservation limit will be increased from 50 percent and the SC, ST sub plan will be issued. A special budget will be issued for SC, ST and Kadugolla community will receive. ST status,” he said, ANI reported.
Later, at a public meeting in Bengaluru, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comments on the ‘Mangalsutra’, saying the latter does not understand the struggles of women and the mangalsutra. from his mother, Sonia Gandhi. sacrificed for the country.
“In the last two days, they are discussing that the Congress Party wants to steal their mangal sutra, their gold. It has been 70 years since the country got independence. The Congress has been in power for about 55 years. Has anyone been in power? They took away your gold, your mangal sutra? When we were in war, Indira Gandhi gave her gold to the country. My mother’s (Sonia Gandhi) mangalsutra was sacrificed for this country,” Gandhi said in a public meeting. in Bengaluru. , ANI reported.
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be held in India in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. While the first phase of elections has concluded, the second phase of voting will take place on Friday.
(With contributions from PTI and ANI)