New Delhi- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he’s being smug and scared.
Kharge additionally taunted him for claiming himself to be the son of a poor man, remarking, “India would be a great and rich place if everyone was poor like you, wearing a coat worth Rs 10 lakhs”.
Addressing the 2 day nationwide conference of the Mahila Congress, ‘Pratigya Ujwal Bharat Ki’ (Pledge for a Brighter India) organised right here at present, Kharge exhorted upon the occasion staff to resolve, come what might it’s important to do away with the BJP authorities which has failed all sections of the society, be they the minorities, the ladies, the youth, the poor or the scholars.
Asserting that the Modi was being smug and scared on the identical time, he mentioned that on the one hand the Prime Minister claims that he alone is sufficient for the complete opposition by saying, “akela Modi, sab pe bhari”, however he’ll carry on crying concerning the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) by maligning its leaders and accusing it of baseless issues.
The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha mentioned that if he thought himself alone to be sufficient to tackle the opposition, why was he frightened of INDIA and at all times crying out of concern.
Kharge mentioned: “Modi has usually been claiming that he was not being accepted and tolerated by the opposition as he was a ‘poor man’s son’. I want each Indian had been poor like him who might put on a coat value Rs 10 lakh.
“We have tolerated you enough all these years as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for 12 years and Prime Minister for nine years and still you say you were not being tolerated, ” he reminded Modi.
The Congress President additionally referred to the arbitrary disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as an MP.
“Rahul Gandhi during a campaign speech had mentioned a surname only without naming anyone in particular. For this he was awarded the maximum punishment of two years and within 24 hours he was disqualified.”
On the opposite hand former occasion chief Sonia Gandhi forgave the killers of her husband Rajiv Gandhi.
“On the one hand there is a lady and a leader like Sonia Gandhi full of compassion and on the other hand there are leaders who kill and jail people who are merely opposed to them, ” he mentioned taking a jibe on the BJP leaders.
Kharge additionally identified how the Modi authorities was attempting to make use of the central businesses just like the Enforcement Directorate, the Income Tax and the CBI in opposition to the opposition leaders after leveling false and baseless allegations in opposition to them.
He mentioned that Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and he himself had been summoned by the ED. “But we will not be scared by these things, ” he mentioned, including that the Congress occasion is not going to be cowed down and it’ll carry on preventing.
Making a fervent enchantment to the ladies staff of the occasion, who included about 4, 000 block presidents from throughout the nation, the district and the state presidents, Kharge mentioned, in the event that they resolve to do away with the BJP, they will educate them a lesson.
He additionally identified that the ladies had an added benefit, as ladies voters had been one p.c greater than the male voters.
“It was again the progressive vision and farsightedness of the leaders like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Ambedkar and others who gave women equal right to vote through universal adult franchise right after independence, ” he mentioned.
He mentioned that even the developed nations just like the United States, United Kingdom and Australia had not offered equal voting rights to ladies on the time of freedom and so they obtained this proper a lot later.
“A safai-karamchari and a capitalist both enjoy the same right, ” he mentioned.