'Not shocked by your language': Mallikarjun Kharge seeks time from PM Modi to explain Congress' Nyay Patra
PTC News Desk: Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, stating that he is not surprised by the prime minister's language and requesting an in-person explanation of the party's 'Nyay Patra'.
In his two-page letter, the Congress leader stated: "I am neither shocked nor surprised by your language or your speeches over the last few days. It was expected that you and other leaders from your party would start speaking in this manner after you saw the dismal performance of the BJP in the first phase of the elections. The Congress has been talking about the deprived poor and their rights (Nyay). We are aware that you and your government do not have any concern for the poor and dispossessed."
The Congress has been talking about the deprived poor and their rights ("nyay"), he said, adding, "Your 'suit-boot ki sarkar' works for the corporates whose taxes you reduced, while the salaried class pays higher taxes. The poor pay GST even on food and salt and rich corporate claim GST refunds. That is why when we talk of inequality between rich and poor, you are purposely equating it with Hindu and Muslim. Our manifesto is for the people of India whether they are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Jain, or Buddhist. I think you have still not forgotten your pre-independence allies, the Muslim League and Colonial Masters."
He went on to say that Congress has always worked to empower the poor, whereas the Modi government has looted the poor's money through demonetisation.
"Your government was the one who used Demonetisation as an "organized loot and legalized plunder" to transfer the money deposited by the poor in the banks to the rich in the form of loans. Then as a part of conscious design, these loans were surreptitiously written off by your government. The lakhs of crores of corporate loans that your government has written off since 2014 are the transfer of wealth from poor to rich. No farmer's loans, artisans loans, MSME loans, or student loans were waived off by you," the letter further read.
The Congress chief went on to say that PM Modi has a habit of seizing on a few words taken out of context to create a communal divide.
"It has become a habit for you to seize on a few words taken out of context and create a communal divide. You are lowering the dignity of the chair by speaking in this manner. When all of this is over, people will remember that the Prime Minister of the country used such vulgar language for fear of losing an election."
Kharge stated that the Congress Nyay Patra aims to provide Nyay to youth, women, farmers, labourers, and marginalised people from all castes and communities.
- With inputs from agencies
