PM Modi justifies anti-Muslim rhetoric, says "I put truth before country”
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a speech on Tuesday, reiterated his criticisms against Muslims and accused the Congress party of attempting to extend reservation on the basis of religion, specifically for Muslims. Addressing a speech in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, PM Modi accused the Congress of hatching a “deep conspiracy” to take away people’s wealth and distribute it among “select” individuals.
Modi attacked Muslims, India’s largest religious minority, and the Congress, claiming that the grand old party wanted to reduce the “SC-ST reservation and distribute it among the Muslims” during its time in power at the Union. Continuing his scathing attack on Congress, PM Modi also stated that the party was conspiring to “snatch your property” and “distribute it among selected people.”
The prime minister said, “The day before yesterday in Rajasthan, I put forth some truth in front of the country, and the entire Congress and INDI alliance went into a panic. I put forth the truth that Congress is plotting to snatch your property and distribute it to their special people…When I exposed their politics, they got so angry that they started abusing Modi.” He continued, “Congress hatching deep conspiracy to snatch your property, distribute it among selected people.”
“When the Constitution was drafted, reservation based on religion was opposed, so that SC, ST, and OBC castes could get protection. Former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh, in his speech, had said that Muslims have the first right on the country’s resources. This was Manmohan Singh’s statement. Congress’s thinking has always been of appeasement and vote bank politics. As soon as the Congress government came to power at the Centre in 2004, its first task was to try to provide reservation to Muslims by reducing SC/ST reservations in Andhra Pradesh. This was a pilot project that Congress wanted to try in the entire country. Between 2004 and 2010, Congress tried four times to implement Muslim reservations in Andhra Pradesh. However, due to legal hurdles and awareness of the Supreme Court, they could not fulfill his plans. In 2011, Congress tried to implement it across the country. They snatched the rights given to SC/ST and OBC and gave them to others for vote bank politics,” PM Modi said.
“…they [Congress] wanted to grant reservation to one section of the society by cutting into the quotas meant for Dalits and backward classes, which is completely against the Constitution. The reservation rights that Dr. Babasaheb gave to Dalits, backward classes, and tribals, the Congress and the INDI Alliance wanted to give them to specific minorities based on religion,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi’s remarks drew fierce condemnation from the opposition for peddling Islamophobia and for breaking election rules which bar candidates from engaging in any activity that aggravates religious tensions. The Election Commission of India’s model code of conduct forbids candidates to “appeal to caste or communal feelings” to secure votes.
In a clear violation of the model code of conduct, Prime Minister and BJP’s star election campaigner Narendra Modi Sunday described Muslim minorities in India as “infiltrators” and “those who have more children.”
The Election Commission of India declined to comment on the hate speech made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against Muslims during BJP’s poll campaign in Rajasthan.
A spokesperson for the Election Commission (EC) said: “We decline comment.”
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4 held for sexually assaulting woman, girl on moving bus after social media alert in UP's Agra
Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.
According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.
Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.
Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.
The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.
