Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. He attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, questioning why his government did not take any action if, according to his allegation, industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani were sending black money to the Congress, PTI reported.
Addressing back-to-back election rallies in Bihar’s Samastipur and Muzaffarpur, Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that Prime Minister Modi could become the Prime Minister of India only because the Congress fought for its independence.
“Prime Minister Modi says we are silent about Ambani and Adani, isn’t it… I wonder why his government didn’t take any action if as per his allegation, we received black money from these industrialists. Is it because they themselves received money black? black money?” Mallikarjun Kharge asked, according to PTI.
“Finally, the prime minister admitted that these two businessmen have black money… So why didn’t they take action against them? Where was the black money coming from? They should answer,” he said, according to PTI.
Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday, for the first time during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, accused the Congress of having a “deal” with “Ambani and Adani” and asked if the party had received “a lot of black money” from the two industrialists. . Kharge said the prime minister calls himself the country’s “chowkidar”, “so why didn’t the chowkidar stop these beats?” Alleging that the BJP would destroy democracy if it was not eliminated, Kharge said that thanks to this democracy the son of a tea seller could become the prime minister of India and he, the son of a worker, could become the president. of the opposition Congress. He alleged that the BJP was spreading communal hatred to divert people’s attention from important issues, PTI reported.
“Neither the Prime Minister nor other BJP leaders will talk about issues like rising unemployment or rising prices. They are spreading communal hatred. The forces that are attacking the Constitution and spreading politics of hate must be defeated. They are dividing this country along lines of religion and caste,” he alleged.
Recalling the contributions made by the Congress for India, he said former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed their lives for the country and the people got the right to vote due to the struggles of icons like Mahatma Gandhi and Rajendra Prasad. Kharge alleged that the prime minister was lying when he said that the Congress would impose an inheritance tax if it comes to power.
“They lie to people and try to deceive and scare them. After three phases, it seems that the elections are not going according to their expectations. They are bringing up irrelevant issues,” he said.
He stated that the INDIA block performed well in all three phases and will continue to do so. “We will comfortably form the government at the Centre,” he said.
Kharge said the prime minister does not talk about the promises made by the BJP over the years, the news agency reported.
“What happened to two million jobs every year? What happened to the bullet train? What about smart cities? He doesn’t talk about these things. He only knows one thing: to abuse Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and me “.
He claimed that the Prime Minister mentions Congress and the Gandhi family more than he mentions Lord Ram’s name every day.
“If Modi becomes PM again, he along with RSS will change the Constitution and remove reservations for OBCs, SCs and STs,” Kharge alleged.
He also alleged that the Modi government neglected the underprivileged sections. “The Congress, if elected to power, would conduct a caste census so that these sections get their due,” he said.
(with PTI inputs)