Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the PM Narendra Modi-led authorities of crushing the goals of the youth, avoiding questions in Parliament and pushing younger individuals in direction of protests by means of its insurance policies.
Talking at Indira Bhavan after Modi’s Independence Day deal with, Kharge stated peaceable protest was a constitutional proper and college students demanding their rights shouldn’t be branded anti-national.
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“The federal government’s flawed insurance policies have pushed the youth right into a darkish street,” Kharge stated, including that the federal government had “neither the funds nor the concepts for schemes that drive the nation ahead.”
He additionally questioned why Modi and Union residence minister Amit Shah didn’t reply to Opposition considerations over police motion in opposition to college students throughout protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
“I and the Chief of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, have been constantly elevating questions concerning the brutality inflicted on college students and youth, however the Prime Minister and the House Minister haven’t come to the Home. On high of that, Amit Shah says that Parliament was not in session, so I didn’t come to the Home, however I used to be sitting in my chamber and watching and listening to every little thing. The query is: Did the general public ship you to sit down in your chamber?” Kharge stated. He additionally accused the BJP of taking credit score for work accomplished throughout earlier Congress governments.
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“Growth in nation is due to Congress”
“The event you see within the nation as we speak is due to Congress. Congress has 90% contribution in improvement you witnessed within the nation as we speak. We improved individuals’s monetary situation, not change names. However, these individuals simply take credit score. This is not going to go on for lengthy,” Kharge stated.
“We introduced Proper to Meals, Proper to Schooling, Proper to Work however the present authorities has not accomplished any such work. But some individuals have the behavior of taking credit score for the work they haven’t accomplished. The historical past data every little thing,” he added.
Kharge additionally raised the difficulty of alleged theft of choices on the Ram temple in Ayodhya, questioning the federal government’s dealing with of the matter and mentioning that the temple belief had been appointed by the Prime Minister.
He additionally alleged interference by the federal government in key establishments, together with the Election Fee, Enforcement Directorate, CBI and the media, and claimed that folks aligned with the RSS had been being appointed to a number of instructional establishments in addition to organisations similar to ISRO and DRDO.
In the meantime, the BJP on Saturday accused Congress chief Sonia Gandhi of objecting to the singing of the complete model of Vande Mataram on the celebration’s Independence Day occasion. Nevertheless, the Congress denied the cost, asserting that there was no try and cease the singing of the complete model of the nationwide track and Gandhi was solely asking for a chair for celebration chief Mallikarjun Kharge as he was standing for some time.
Sharing video footage on X, BJP nationwide normal secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh stated, “Mom, son and nationwide president (of the Congress) appear to be upset by the rendering of full Vande Mataram.” Sure mindsets by no means change from pre-1947 to post-1947, the senior BJP chief added.
Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh categorically denied that there was an try and cease the singing of the track’s full model. “Because the Congress president was standing for a very long time, Soniaji was asking for a chair for him,” he stated.
