With 20 more seats, they would be in jail: Kharge's attack draws BJP's 'Emergency DNA' response
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, voiced confidence about his party's prospects in the upcoming assembly elections, while taking aim at the BJP. He claimed that if the opposition had won 20 more seats in the Lok Sabha elections, BJP leaders would be behind bars, resulting in a sharp retort from the BJP, which accused Congress of retaining an 'Emergency mindset.'
Speaking at a rally in Anantnag, Kharge belittled the BJP's performance in the last elections, stating that despite BJP's claim of winning 400 seats, they only secured 243, while the opposition came close with 234. He went on to suggest that the BJP was relying heavily on coalition partners like Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) to stay in power.
Kharge also criticized the BJP for failing to deliver on promises of job creation and infrastructure development in the region. He assured that a Congress-led government would fill one lakh vacant government posts in Jammu and Kashmir and boost employment through factory and manufacturing initiatives.
In a bid to woo voters, Kharge unveiled five key guarantees if the Congress-National Conference alliance wins the upcoming elections, including a 25-lakh health insurance scheme for families, rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, and monthly financial support for women heads of households.
The BJP quickly responded to Kharge’s comments, with spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accusing the Congress of exhibiting a 'dictatorial mentality' and invoking memories of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. He questioned Kharge’s remarks, particularly his earlier statement that winning the J&K elections would give the Congress control over the entire country.
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Cong cites Kangana's purported remarks to accuse BJP of wanting to bring back repealed farm laws
New Delhi, Sep 24: The Congress on Tuesday cited BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's purported remarks on farm laws to allege that the ruling party was making efforts to bring back the three laws that were repealed in 2021, and asserted that Haryana will give a befitting reply to it.
The Congress shared on X an undated video of Ranaut in which she is purportedly saying in Hindi, "Farm laws that have been repealed should be brought back. I think this may get controversial. The laws in farmers' interest be brought back. Farmers should themselves demand this (to bring farm laws back) so that there is no hindrance to their prosperity.
"Farmers are a pillar of strength in India's progress. Only in some states, they had objected to farm laws. I appeal with folded hands that farm laws should be brought back in the interest of farmers."
In a post in Hindi along with the video, the Congress said, "The three black laws imposed on farmers should be brought back: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has said this. More than 750 farmers of the country were martyred, only then did the Modi government wake up and these black laws were withdrawn."
Now BJP MPs are planning to bring back these laws, the Congress alleged.
"The Congress is with the farmers. These black laws will never return, no matter how hard Narendra Modi and his MPs try," the opposition party said on X.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate also shared the video of Ranaut on X and said, "'All three farm laws should be brought back': BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. More than 750 farmers were martyred while protesting against the three black farmer laws. Efforts are being made to bring them back."
"We will never let that happen. Haryana will answer first," she said in an apparent reference to the assembly polls in Haryana.
Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera also shared the video on X and said it was the BJP's "real thinking".
"How many times will you deceive the farmers, you two-faced people?" Khera said in a post in Hindi.
The three laws -- Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act; and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act -- were repealed in November 2021.
The farmers' protest started at the fag-end of November 2020 and ended after Parliament repealed the three laws. The legislations came into force in June 2020 and were repealed in November 2021.
“तीनों किसान क़ानून वापस लाये जाने चाहिए” : BJP MP कंगना रनौत
— Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) September 24, 2024
जिन तीन काले किसान विरोधी क़ानूनों की मुख़ालिफ़त करते 750 से ज़्यादा किसान शहीद हो गए
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