In a no-holds-barred assault on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the saffron social gathering of “burning Manipur” and making makes an try and divide people all through the nation on religious traces, reported info firm PTI.
The Congress chief was addressing a rally in Jharkhand ahead of the state elections which will be held in two phases: November 13 and 20.
During his cope with, Gandhi moreover alleged that the saffron social gathering deprived 90 per cent of the nation`s inhabitants of their due rights and benefits.
“The BJP burnt Manipur and attempted to divide people on religious lines. It incited Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs against each other. In recently held Haryana elections, the BJP incited Jats against non-Jats…It is the character of the BJP,” Gandhi alleged, whereas addressing an election rally in Lohardaga.
According to PTI, the Congress chief moreover claimed that he undertook a 4,000-km padyatra from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to “spread the message of love and to open `nafrat ke bazar me Mohabbat ki dukan` (to open shops of love in the market of hatred)”.
“When I raise my voice for tribals and Dalits, the BJP accuses me of dividing India. I am here to unite and strengthen India. If I am wrong for raising the voice for 90 per cent of India`s population, which constitutes tribals, Dalits and OBCs (Other Backward Classes), for their participation in governance, I will continue to do so,” the Member of Parliament (MP) from Rae Bareli acknowledged.
BJP waived loans of 25 capitalists: Rahul Gandhi
He alleged that the BJP waived loans of 25 capitalists worth Rs 16 lakh-crore nevertheless blamed the Congress for relieving farmers` cash owed to the tune of Rs 72,000 crore in the midst of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) authorities, which was in vitality from 2004 to 2014.
“Did the BJP government waive any loan of Jharkhand farmers?…No because you are tribals, Dalits and OBCs. BJP will never waive your debts because it waives debts of capitalists,” he alleged.
According to PTI, in a single different rally at Simdega, Gandhi accused the BJP of trying to seize `Jal, Jungle, Jameen (water, forest, land)` from the tribal group.
He moreover termed the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 as a battle of ideology between the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) and the BJP-RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) combine. The Congress chief alleged that the RSS-BJP`s mission was to “destroy” the Constitution, whereas the INDIA bloc “wanted to protect” it.
“PM (Narendra) Modi calls you `vanvasi` as the BJP believes that land, forest and water belong to the saffron party, RSS and capitalists. The BJP believes in grabbing tribal land under its newly coined word development. It wants to snatch `Jal, Jungle, Jameen` (water, forest, land) from tribals,” Gandhi alleged whereas addressing a rally in Jharkhand`s Simdega.
He moreover claimed that the Constitution was beneath “constant attack” and the INDIA bloc was making “all efforts to protect it”.
`INDIA will conduct caste census if voted to vitality`
Gandhi has promised to implement the caste census and take away the 50 per cent cap on the reservation, if the INDIA bloc is voted to vitality in Jharkhand.
“The Constitution is under constant attack and it needs to be protected. We will remove the cap of 50 per cent reservation at any cost. If we are voted to power in Jharkhand, we will raise the reservation of STs to 28 per cent from the present 26 per cent, SCs to 12 per cent from the current 10 per cent and OBCs to 27 per cent from the existing 14 per cent,” he claimed.
He moreover asserted {{that a}} caste census is “a must to identify the participation of tribals, Dalits and OBCs” in various institutions and wealth of the nation.
“When I raised the issue in Parliament, PM Modi was silent and later said that Rahul Gandhi wants to divide the country,” the Congress chief claimed.
This was Gandhi`s second go to to the state after the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 was launched.
The polls will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20 and the counting for the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 will occur on November 23.
(With PTI inputs)
