2019 LS poll is a fight between Constitution and Manusmriti : Umar Khalid
Bengaluru, September 5: “BJP people have been trying to expose the 2019 Lok Sabha election as the election between Hindus and Muslims and Rahul and Modi. But in reality, it would be the fight between truth and false, justice and injustice, Constitution and Manusmriti”, said JNU students leader Umar Khalid.
Speaking at the Freedom of Expression convention here on Wednesday, he said that he hoped that the people of the country would elect the truth, justice and the Constitution in the election. Their fight was not against Narendra Modi and BJP. But it was against the anti-human Manuvadi organization. Before her murder, Gauri Lankesh was called as anti-Hindus. For the last two and half years, he was being treated as traitor. Prove the charges leveled against him in any court of law in the country. He had never shouted anti-India slogans. “For attack on me, those two persons who brought guns were not responsible. Instead, the Central governments, spokespersons of the government and news anchors of some television media were directly responsible for it. I am not a traitor. Those who banned the old notes overnight and failed to bring the black money back to the country, are real traitors. Those who cheat the farmers and labourers and make benefit to Ambani and Adani were real traitors. Those who had promised of creating 2 crore job opportunities in 2014 election were real traitors”, he alleged.
The central government has sufficient money to write off the loans of corporate companies. But it does not have money to waive of the farmers loans and thus forcing the farmers to commit suicide. They were the real traitors. Those who attack on dalits, tribals, brand people who raise voice against the suppressed people as urban naxals, and taking the rape and murder accused in a procession were real traitors, he alleged.
When someone asked Narendra Modi about Gujarat massacre, Modi said that he would be pained even if a puppy was died. The dog has loyalty. But the Sanghis had no loyalty towards the country. In the beginning, they were the agents of Britishers. Now, they were the agents of big corporate companies. They were dividing the country in the name of religion, and caste, he said.
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“Full prepared..going to win,” Congress MP KC Venugopal ahead of Kerala polls
EC not functioning as a neutral institution: Venugopal
Congress MP K. C. Venugopal on Monday raised concerns over the election schedule announced by the Election Commission of India for the upcoming Kerala Assembly election, questioning the timing of the poll dates and alleging that the schedule leaves limited time for campaigning.
Speaking to news agency ANI in Delhi after the poll panel announced elections in five states and Union Territories, Venugopal said that the Congress and the United Democratic Front (UDF) are fully prepared for the elections and confident of victory. At the same time, he questioned the pattern of dates announced by the Election Commission.
“We are fully prepared, we are going to win the elections... You can see how the Election Commission has set the dates. The first phase of elections is on the 9th, nominations are due until the 23rd, scrutiny is on the 24th, nominations can be withdrawn until the 26th, and after that, there are 11 days for campaigning,” he said.
“As for Kerala, there is Easter and Good Friday in the first week...The Election Commission could have announced the dates earlier... The counting date is on May 4th, so what was the point of holding elections in Kerala so early? What is their intention behind holding elections on the same day in Kerala, Puducherry, and Assam?... We are confident that we will win, but the people of the country are seeing the biased attitude of the Election Commission...,” he added.
He further stated that his party was ready for elections irrespective of the dates announced by the poll body.
“We are going to win the election. India's strategy has been set up. And we are all ready for winning this election. But one thing as far as declaring election, even though they are giving only for five days, we are going to win the election. We have no problem,” he said.
Detailing the poll schedule while questioning the time available for campaigning, he stated, “but you can see the pattern of date which the election commission announced. Yesterday they declared election, and today they notified us. The first phase of election on April 9th, filing of nomination will be over on the 23rd of this month, 24th scrutiny, 26th withdrawal of nomination. After 26, four plus seven, 11 days campaign.”
“As far as Kerala is concerned, April first week is a holy week. The holiday week means, Good Friday is there. Nobody will do anything on Good Friday. Easter is the big festival. These festivals are natural, you have to see that. Among the 11 days, working days, two, three days will go for holidays. Then hardly seven, eight days for campaigning in this election for candidates,” the Congress MP questioned.
The Congress leader said the Election Commission could have announced the dates earlier if there was a need for an early election schedule.
Questioning the urgency behind placing Kerala in the first phase of polling, he added that the counting date is much later.
“Which is the date of counting? Fourth May. Then what is the urgency of putting Kerala in the first phase without giving sufficient time for candidates? And putting Kerala, Puducherry, Assam together, what is the intention behind that?” Venugopal questioned.
He also alleged that the Election Commission was not functioning as a neutral institution.
“The Election commission is completely losing that capacity as a neutral player. You can see 14 of our prime minister's programs over and on the 15th they announce the election, 16th notification comes,” he said.
Venugopal further stated that such tactics would not affect the Congress’ prospects in the election.
“They think that this type of techniques and tactics, because of these techniques and tactics, UDF is going to lose, and Congress is going to lose. This is their complete dream only. This is not going to happen. We are very much confident at any cost, whether they are not giving any time also, we are going to win the election,” he said.
“But the people of India are watching this. The tricks of the election commission. To restrict the campaign, people of India are watching. This I want to bring into the notice of the nation. That's all,” Venugopal said.
The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced the schedule for the Kerala Assembly election. Polling in the state will be held in a single phase on April 9 while the counting of votes is scheduled to take place on May 4.
