New Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi launched another attack on the Congress party while addressing a public gathering in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, on Tuesday.
He accused the Congress party of giving reservations to Muslims out of the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) quota in Andhra Pradesh, going against the Indian Constitution.
He also assured the crowd gathered at the election rally that reservation for Dalits, backward classes, and tribals would continue under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership.
“As soon as the Congress came into power in 2004, they decided to give reservation to Muslims out of SC/ST quota in Andhra Pradesh. They tried to implement Muslim reservations, however, failed to do so. Congress tried to implement it in the entire country in 2011. They tried to do it even without knowing that this was against the Constitution. They didn’t care about it or BR Ambedkar,” Modi said.
Referencing to an earlier speech, where Modi said, “I put forth the truth that Congress is plotting to snatch your property and distribute it to their special people…When I exposed their politics, they got so angry that they started abusing Modi…I want to know from Congress why are they so afraid of the truth? Why do they hide their policy so much, when you yourself made the policy then why are you afraid to accept it now.”
Earlier, Modi said that Congress wanted to snatch wealth from people and redistribute it to Muslims, misinterpreting a speech made by former PM Manmohan Singh in 2006.
The remark caused widespread outrage, leading the Congress party to seek action from the Election Commission (EC) on the matter. The EC has declined to comment.
