Congress destroyed country to save a dynasty: Modi
Vijayapura (Karnataka), May 8 : Accusing the Congress of destroying the country to promote a dynasty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and said the party was now getting destroyed while trying to save that dynasty (Nehru-Gandhi family).
"One thing is clear -- the Congress destroyed the nation in promoting a dynasty. Today, to save that dynasty, the Congress is getting destroyed," he said at a rally here.
Modi also targeted the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the poll-bound state, saying there was "not even a single Minister who has not faced allegations of corruption".
The Prime Minister accused the Congress of trying to gain votes by seeking to divide communities.
He claimed that the Congress was spreading lies on the issue of women's security and said that a daughter is a daughter, irrespective of the community she belongs to.
"Whether a daughter is of a Hindu, a Muslim, or a Christian, a daughter is a daughter. Whichever community or religion she belongs to, a daughter should be respected or not? She should get security or not?" he asked.
The Prime Minister also accused the Congress of not supporting the triple talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha.
"I am surprised. The Congress steeped in vote bank politics is giving lectures and, on the other hand, Muslim women are asked to leave houses after triple talaq. We bought a bill on triple talaq. The Congress did not allow it to be passed in Parliament," he said.
Referring to Congress President Rahul Gandhi, he said the opposition party was in such a situation that their leaders did not have faith in their 'naamdar' (dynasty) leader.
In an apparent reference to United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's rally at Vijayapura during the day, he said that Congress leaders were now saying that if she canvasses in the state, it can at least save the security deposits of Congress candidates.
Modi said he had on Monday watched an interview of a Congress leader who said that the son (Congress President Rahul Gandhi) "will not be able to do anything".
"If you bring the mother (Sonia) to Karnataka and she does something, then maybe the deposits can be saved. This is what Congress leaders have started speaking," Modi said.
Modi referred to Vijayapura as the birth place of Lord Basaveshwara, a 12th century social reformer and philosopher who founded the Lingayat religious tradition, and targeted the Siddaramaiah government over its move to recommend minority community status for the Lingayats in the southern state.
He said Lord Basaveshwara's message was against divisions of caste and community but the state government had got into a habit of working against his message and of forgetting his words.
"Bhagwan Basaveshwara conveyed that everyone should be taken along. This Congress government is dividing communities, castes, voters... divide and rule, pit one against the other. They want to save their chair. But Congress leaders do not know this is the land of Bhagwan Basaveshwara. It is not going to be divided into communities and will not accept division among brothers. They will remove the Congress but will not allow (spread of) the poison of casteism," Modi said.
Without taking names, Modi targeted state Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil and said: "Here, everyone knows about how contracts are awarded, how bundles of notes were found in the almirahs of contractors."
He said Bharatiya Janata Party's philosophy was inspired by the teachings of saints of Karnataka and it was seeking votes in the name of development.
Modi said lakhs of people in Karnataka had benefited from his government's schemes on cooking gas connections and electricity connections.
The Prime Minister announced steps for the benefit of local farmers, including a food processing unit and agri-horticultural unit, and Rs 2-lakh insurance for landless labourers.
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My husband watches his friends rape me here from abroad: Uttar Pradesh woman
Bulandshahr: In a distressing incident, a 35-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr has accused her husband of allowing his friends to rape her for the past three years in exchange for money, while he watched the video recording of the sexual assault from Saudi Arabia, where he works.
In her police complaint, the survivor shared the details of her distressing ordeal. She stated that about three years ago, her husband returned home with two friends and permitted them to rape her, as reported by Times of India on Thursday.
"Both the men live in the same locality in Bulandshahr, and they would assault me often even when my husband was abroad, and video recorded their acts. When I confronted my husband, he told me to remain silent as they gave him money," the woman stated in her police complaint. “My husband would watch the video footage on his mobile phone while sitting in Saudi Arabia. I stayed quiet for the sake of my children, as he use to threatened to divorce me," she added.
Recently, the woman, accompanied by her family, approached Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar with her complaint. "Since the matter is three years old, a thorough investigation will be done by the local police, and appropriate action will be taken in the matter," Kumar told the publication.
The couple got married in 2010 and have four children - two boys (aged 13 and 3) and two girls (aged 11 and 7). Her husband works as an automobile mechanic in Saudi Arabia and visits home once or twice a year.
The survivor’s brother told TOI that the family only learned about her situation two weeks ago. He explained that his sister had suffered in silence, not telling anyone about the abuse. Her husband had recently returned home, and after a quarrel between the couple, she finally gathered the courage to speak up. It was then that they discovered the extent of the assault she had endured over the years.
"She kept silent for the sake of her children and family's reputation. At present, she is nearly a month pregnant,” he shared. He further claimed that the accused and his his associates are trying to flee abroad to evade arrest. "We demand justice," he added.
