RSS, BJP polarise people for electoral benefits: Kharge takes dig at PM Modi

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for questioning the viability of coalition politics.

He said the unease and restlessness of the BJP over the success of INDIA was too obvious.

Addressing a meeting of the leaders of various ‘frontal organizations’, departments, and cells of the party here today, Kharge said, Modi had forgotten that he was himself leading a coalition government.

At the same time, he added, it was a separate story that he was now finding it difficult to find the alliance partners and those who were aligned with him do not even have a single MP.

Kharge presided over a meeting of the leaders of Sewa Dal, Indian Youth Congress, Mahila Congress, NSUI, INTUC, and other cells and departments, here today. AICC General Secretary (organization), KC Venugopal, and General Secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh also participated in the meeting. The meeting was held in connection with the preparations for the forthcoming Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and the ensuing 2024 General Elections.

Recalling the great and glorious contribution of all these organizations in strengthening the party, Kharge said, all of them had an important role ahead. He said that during the last ten years, the BJP-led NDA government has not had a single achievement worth its name to mention. Instead, he added, the BJP government was either renaming various schemes of the UPA government or selling off all the assets, which had been created over the last seventy years, to its select friends.

Referring to the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, he said, it was very important, as the Modi government had shut even the doors of the national platform like the parliament. He said there was no discussion on pressing issues facing the country. He pointed out that no discussion was allowed on Manipur violence parliamentary security breach, unemployment, rising prices, and other important issues.

Kharge pointed out that it was for the first time in the country's parliamentary history that 146 opposition MPs had been suspended just because they demanded discussion on a parliamentary security breach.

He said the government passed all the important bills like the Criminal Law Bill, and Telecommunication Bill without any opposition presence and participation in the house the same way it passed the farm laws in 2020 which were rejected by the people.

The Congress president alleged that the RSS and the BJP polarise people for electoral benefits and all the Congress workers must counter it by raising the issues of public interest. He said the politics of arrogance and lies have a short life. He said the Congress party has always fought for truth and justice and eventually it will emerge victorious.