MLA Jignesh Mevani challenges Modi to come to debate over his four years administration
Mysuru, May 2: Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come for a debate with him for four minutes about his achievements of four years in office.
Mevani who was travelling across the state as part of the campaign being conducted by the Karnataka State Level Form for Save Constitution, told reporters here on Wednesday that people should know the contribution of Narendra Modi after he became the Prime Minister. The country has been facing lot of problems like unemployment, farmers suicide, atrocity on dalits, sexual harassment on women and children. So, let Modi discuss about all these issue for just four minutes with him, he challenged.
Before asking AICC president Rahul Gandhi to speak about fifteen minutes about Karnataka, Modi should speak about his four years achievements before the people. It is not enough to have 56 inch chest. He should have the mentality of giving good governance. Modi speaks about Ambedkar, but in his heart, he is still a staunch follower of Manu Smriti. Because of this reason, he does not have morality to bow before the statue of Ambedkar. The agenda of both RSS and BJP is same, he said.
Those who speak about Gujarat Model should be ashamed of themselves because the civic workers and peons working in Gujarat Assembly and Secretariat were suffering due to lack of shelter and they were not being given equal pay. Is that the Gujarat Model, he asked.
The communal Modi government has done a lot of damage to the Constitution. Youth of the country should be aware about the problems being faced by the country. The remedy for this is to keep BJP and other communal forces away from the power, he said.
Modi who had promised of giving jobs to the youth has forgotten his words. Farmers suicide incidents were unabated in the country. It has withdrawn various subsidies. Small and cottage industries were disappearing from the society and lakhs of employment opportunities in the Railways are being reduced, he said.
As to why Narendra Modi who gives interviews to London media is keeping himself away from Indian media? Let Modi speak for four minutes about farmers suicide, atrocity, unemployment and other problems. But it seems he does not care about this. They are just thinking about changing the Constitution. He would not say that Congress government led by Siddaramaiah did a big achievement. But compared to Gujarat, Siddaramaiah is better, he said.
He would not ask the dalits of the state to vote for any particular party. But he would say that keep the communal forces from power. Karnataka election is between the communal forces and Indians. Communalism would not last longer. It would end from Karnataka itself. 2019 Lok Sabha election would also become the election between communal forces and Indians, he said.
He smelt the rat in the Supreme Court verdict on SC/ST issue. He sees the handiwork of BJP government in that verdict. Harassment and atrocity incidents are happening against dalits for every 15 minutes. The Attorney General who should have argued in favour of SC/ST issue sent his juniors. As they have completely failed to argue before the Supreme Court, they have got this verdict, he said.
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Two FIRs lodged against Mithun Chakraborty for 'provocative' speech
Kolkata, Nov 6: Two FIRs have been lodged against actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty for allegedly making provocative statements during a BJP event in Salt Lake area near Kolkata last month, police said on Wednesday.
The complaints pertain to Chakraborty's speech on October 27 at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) in Salt Lake, during a BJP programme attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Kolkata to launch the party's West Bengal membership drive.
The first FIR was filed at the Bidhannagar South police station based on a complaint by an individual, while the second was lodged at Bowbazar police station.
"We have started an investigation into the case," a senior officer of Bidhannagar police said.
Shah was also present at the programme, which was organised to kick off the West Bengal leg of the BJP's membership drive. Shah had also felicitated Chakraborty for being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year.
Although Chakraborty was unavailable for comment, BJP state president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar described the FIRs a result of "vendetta politics.".
Majumdar alleged that the TMC government "has once again used the police to unfairly target well-known actor and senior BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty".
He accused the chief minister of employing such tactics "to serve political interests" and claimed that the state government's actions were part of an ongoing attempt to discredit political opponents.
"There is nothing provocative in his speech. These are nothing but attempts to intimidate him by using police as a political tool," he said.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh dubbed the BJP's allegations as baseless.
"The allegations of political vendetta are baseless. He shouldn't have made such provocative remarks. The law will take its own course," he said.
Chakraborty, who received India's highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, earlier this year, had asserted on October 27 that the 'masnad' (throne) of West Bengal would belong to the BJP after the 2026 assembly elections, promising to do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.
While speaking at the programme, Chakraborty, a BJP leader, said, "In 2026, the 'masnad' will be ours, and we will do everything to achieve the goal."
In an apparent reference to TMC MLA Humayun Kabir's communal remarks aimed at BJP workers during the Lok Sabha elections, Chakraborty had allegedly made provocative remarks.
Chakraborty cautioned that no one should attempt to intimidate saffron party voters into abstaining from voting in the next assembly elections.
He called upon the booth-level workers of his party to resist any such attempts.
