AHMEDABAD: Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lowering the dignity of his office and the Constitution by claiming in a recent speech in Rajasthan's Banswara that the opposition party is stealing citizens' money from "infiltrators" and "producers". Will redistribute to the people. Peacock Children”.
Singhvi alleged that the BJP was weakening democratic institutions through money, vendetta politics and misuse of government agencies.
"In the last 75 years, no Prime Minister has used such words for 'mithya prachar' (false campaign) as he used in Banswara and many times thereafter. You can remain Prime Minister for 10 years. After this you have reached the level of a politician, but you say such things.You are lowering the dignity of your position and the Constitution,” said Singhvi, a Congress Working Committee (CWC) member.
"This is not about Hindu-Muslim riots, it is about elections. And when (BJP) found out that two-three decades ago the Congress government had abolished such inheritance tax, the PM made a A new phrase was coined and said (former Prime Minister) Rajiv Gandhi did this to acquire Indira Gandhi's property,'' he claimed.
Asked why Union Home Minister Amit Shah has accused Rahul Gandhi of spreading lies that the BJP will end quotas for SC, ST and OBC, Singhvi said he was happy that "there is no accountability, distortion, Talking about digression and 'false propaganda'.,
"I wish the same person had spoken about these four words in Banswara or in the PM's other election rallies a few weeks ago," Singhvi said.
He said that there is no comparison to the Prime Minister's statements in this Lok Sabha election campaign in the last 75 years, but all these efforts will definitely fail.
"They reflect the frustration of the BJP. It is not civilized or fair. It is a lie and it is not close to the democratic ethos of India," he said.,
Singhvi also criticized the Election Commission of India for serving a notice to the BJP president on Congress' complaint against the Prime Minister's statement.
"This is a complaint against one person. What is the point of giving notice to any other person," the Congress leader questioned.
He also alleged that Vitamin M (an apparent reference to money) was being used to lure leaders into the BJP and pointed to the Surat Lok Sabha election (where the BJP candidate won unopposed), the Chandigarh Mayor election and the Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha election. Cited incidents. Election.
Singhvi said, “You will be surprised to know that almost one-fourth of the BJP candidates are from other parties.Of the 417 candidates declared by the BJP, 116 are turncoats. Of course, most of them are from Congress."
He claimed that central investigating agencies are being misused against opposition parties and 99.5 per cent of the political cases pursued by them are against opposition members.
He sarcastically said, “BJP has a washing machine. If an accused joins that party, he gets a clean chit."
Singhvi alleged that the BJP was weakening democratic institutions through money, vendetta politics and misuse of government agencies.
"In the last 75 years, no Prime Minister has used such words for 'mithya prachar' (false campaign) as he used in Banswara and many times thereafter. You can remain Prime Minister for 10 years. After this you have reached the level of a politician, but you say such things.You are lowering the dignity of your position and the Constitution,” said Singhvi, a Congress Working Committee (CWC) member.
"This is not about Hindu-Muslim riots, it is about elections. And when (BJP) found out that two-three decades ago the Congress government had abolished such inheritance tax, the PM made a A new phrase was coined and said (former Prime Minister) Rajiv Gandhi did this to acquire Indira Gandhi's property,'' he claimed.
Asked why Union Home Minister Amit Shah has accused Rahul Gandhi of spreading lies that the BJP will end quotas for SC, ST and OBC, Singhvi said he was happy that "there is no accountability, distortion, Talking about digression and 'false propaganda'.,
"I wish the same person had spoken about these four words in Banswara or in the PM's other election rallies a few weeks ago," Singhvi said.
He said that there is no comparison to the Prime Minister's statements in this Lok Sabha election campaign in the last 75 years, but all these efforts will definitely fail.
"They reflect the frustration of the BJP. It is not civilized or fair. It is a lie and it is not close to the democratic ethos of India," he said.,
Singhvi also criticized the Election Commission of India for serving a notice to the BJP president on Congress' complaint against the Prime Minister's statement.
"This is a complaint against one person. What is the point of giving notice to any other person," the Congress leader questioned.
He also alleged that Vitamin M (an apparent reference to money) was being used to lure leaders into the BJP and pointed to the Surat Lok Sabha election (where the BJP candidate won unopposed), the Chandigarh Mayor election and the Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha election. Cited incidents. Election.
Singhvi said, “You will be surprised to know that almost one-fourth of the BJP candidates are from other parties.Of the 417 candidates declared by the BJP, 116 are turncoats. Of course, most of them are from Congress."
He claimed that central investigating agencies are being misused against opposition parties and 99.5 per cent of the political cases pursued by them are against opposition members.
He sarcastically said, “BJP has a washing machine. If an accused joins that party, he gets a clean chit."
