Last updated: October 12, 2024, 22:03 (IST)
Mallikarjun Kharji and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Image: PTI)
Party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the Congress, which used to uphold orthodox Islamic practices like triple talaq, halala and hijab, is now making all kinds of baseless statements about the Hindu society. said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday slammed President Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament, calling it a “party of terrorists”, saying the opposition party’s habit of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown itself. .
Party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, who stormed the Congress over the remark, said the Congress, which has defended orthodox Islamic customs like triple talaq, halala and hijab, is now making all kinds of baseless statements about Hindu society. He said that he is doing This is the design of the urban Naxal mindset that Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about.
Another spokesperson, Shehzad Poonawalla, said the great old party was “the most anti-Dalit party”.
“Congress’s identity is to insult people. In 2014, 2019 and now in 2024, billions of people voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party. This (‘party of terrorists’ comment) It’s an insult to wisdom, but Congress has made it a habit. They put “parivar tantra” (family system) on everything else. They blamed the EVM, the Election Commission and the people for their defeat in Haryana. ” he said.
“Now they are saying that the people have chosen terrorists. They have always used these kinds of words to abuse PM Modi and other backward classes… Now they are abusing the people. This shows the character and DNA of Congress. And Congress is talking about Dalits… What did they do to Kumari Selja in Haryana? They looted funds meant for Dalits in Karnataka. The Congress is the most anti-Dalit party,” he added.
What did Karji say?
The Congress president sparked a spat on Saturday when he said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is a party of terrorists. He also accused the saffron party people of “lynching and beating” people and committing atrocities against SC/STs.
He criticized Prime Minister Modi and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for saying that the parliament is run by “urban Naxals” – a term used by right-wingers such as the Bharatiya Janata Party to refer to people who say they want to weaken India. This was in response to his statement.
“He (Prime Minister Modi) has always said that and he still says that. He was silent until now, but now that he has become a little more energetic, he is calling him an urbane Naxal. He is an intelligent and progressive man. This is his habit of calling people like urban Naxals and Congress too (urban Naxals),” Kharge said in response to a question on Modi’s comments.
“His (Prime Minister Modi’s) party is a party of terrorists, involved in lynching, beating people, urinating in the mouths of Scheduled Caste people and raping tribal people,” Kharge told reporters. he said. His party is a terrorist party that supports those who indulge in such acts and then denounces others. “Mr. Modi has no rights. Wherever his party-led government is, there are atrocities against scheduled classes of people, especially tribal people. I said what is happening. Is the government yours (Congress)? It is your (Bharatiya Party) government and you can control it. But PM Modi’s habit is to speak. “He didn’t talk much about the country or the people, he talked a lot about the party.”
What PM Modi said about Congress
Kharge’s remarks came in response to Prime Minister Modi’s attack on Parliament at a rally in Jammu on September 28, in which he accused the opposition parties of being influenced by “urban Naxal sympathizers” and gaining electoral gains. They accused him of placating foreign infiltrators for his own sake.
(Information provided by agency)