The Congress has approached the Election Fee demanding motion over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declare that the get together, if dropped at energy, will redistribute the nation’s wealth in favour of Muslims and can also be eyeing ladies’s ”mangalsutras” for this trigger. The get together has already vehemently criticised PM Modi, accusing him of creating ”divisive feedback”.
Its letter to Fee contained its strongest remarks in current days.
”Whereas we have now objections to the complete tone and tenor of the Prime Minister’s speech, on this illustration we want to spotlight the utterly unprecedented and malicious allegations as properly statements that are clearly aimed toward creating enmity between teams, far worse than any ever made by a sitting Prime Minister within the historical past of India. This can’t go unchecked, unanswered and unpunished,” the letter learn.
The get together additionally mentioned the PM Modi and the BJP’s repeated feedback invoking spiritual sentiments ”has been bolstered by the Hon’ble Fee’s inaction” in penalising them for his or her ”blatant and direct violations of electoral legal guidelines”.
”Our PM had given a speech in Rajasthan, which targets a specific neighborhood which can snatch our nationwide sources. That neighborhood is linked with infiltrators. His allegations about an assault on Mangalsutras, is once more a spiritual hyperlink. It’s a blatant violation of ECI round,” senior get together chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned after assembly the Fee.
”We’re grateful to ECI to provide us time, we had raised 17 points which assaults the fundamental rules of our structure,” he added.
PM Modi had first raised the problem in Rajasthan over the weekend after which reiterated in western Uttar Pradesh, the place elections are due later this week.
The Congress manifesto, he mentioned, guarantees that if they arrive to energy, ”everybody’s property will likely be surveyed, it should calculate gold belonging to moms and sisters after which redistribute it. They will not even spare your mangalsutra”.
He additionally mentioned when the Congress was in energy below Dr Manmohan Singh, it had mentioned Muslims have the primary proper on the nation’s wealth.
”Which means that they’ll collect this property and distribute it amongst individuals who have extra kids, amongst infiltrators. Will your hard-earned cash be given to infiltrators? Do you settle for this? The Congress manifesto is saying this,” PM Modi had mentioned.