Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the Supreme Court docket judgement on Digital Voting Machines (EVMs) was a “tight slap” to the Congress-led opposition which should “apologise” for committing the “sin” of making mistrust in opposition to EVMs.
The Prime Minister, who addressed back-to-back election rallies at Araria and Munger Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, additionally charged the opposition with attempting to “steal” reservations meant for OBCs, SCs and STs “for the sake of their favorite vote financial institution of Muslims”.
“When the Congress, the RJD and different INDI alliance events had been in energy, the poor, backwards and Dalits was disadvantaged of their votes by sales space seize. With the introduction of Digital Voting Machines, they’re not capable of play their outdated sport. Therefore, they dedicated the sin of making mistrust in opposition to EVMs,” alleged the Prime Minister in Araria.
“However at this time, the very best court docket of the land has delivered a verdict a number of hours earlier which comes as a decent slap to those events”, mentioned Modi, referring to the judgement by which pleas searching for cross-verification of votes forged by EVMs with VVPAT have been rejected. He additionally accused the Congress of getting “stolen” reservations meant for the OBCs and transferring the advantages to Muslims in Karnataka, the place the celebration is in energy and wished to copy the “conspiracy” in the remainder of the nation, together with in Bihar the place its ally RJD has “not spoken a phrase in opposition to” the transfer within the southern state.
Claiming that the earlier authorities headed by Manmohan Singh had given its “assent” for reservations to Muslims, the Modi slammed the Congress and its “ecosystem” for “attempting to browbeat me, with out success”.
“I can’t enable reservations meant for SCs, STs and OBCs to be diverted for vote financial institution politics. That is Modis assure”, he mentioned.
Reiterating that the Congress manifesto bore “the imprint of Muslim League”, Modi mentioned the celebration’s “injustice in direction of Hindus stands uncovered”. He additionally coined a slogan Congress ki loot, zindagi ke saath bhi zindagi ke baad bhi, to allege that the opposition celebration wished to rob folks of their belongings throughout their lifetime and after their demise, deprive their offspring of the identical.
PM is scared, could even shed tears on stage: Rahul Gandhi
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his assault on the grand outdated celebration, saying he’s scared and will even shed tears on the stage. “You will have heard the Prime Minister’s speeches. He’s scared. It is potential that he could shed tears on stage,” Gandhi mentioned addressing a public gathering on this district headquarters city within the party-governed State.
Modi has focused the Congress on a wide range of points in latest marketing campaign rallies, together with “mangalsutra”, “redistribution of wealth” and “inheritance tax” costs. The previous Congress chief accused Modi of ‘diverting public consideration’ by varied means.
First Printed: Apr 27 2024 | 12:00 AM IST