The Fact News Service
Bhopal, April 25,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress party as he held three public rallies on Wednesday across Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and wrapped up the day with a mega show in Bhopal.
Hitting out at the grand old party, PM Modi accused the Congress of “looting” while quoting Life Insurance of India’s slogan of ‘Congress ki loot, zindagi ke sath bhi aur zindagi ke baad bhi’.
“Today another hidden agenda of Congress has come out. Today Congress has said that it will levy inheritance tax. The property that you have saved by working hard and facing hardships, Congress will loot it from you after they form the government. For Congress, it is ‘Congress ki loot, zindagi ke sath bhi aur zindagi ke baad bhi’. Congress has become so disconnected from the social values of India and the sentiments of the Indian society that they have no idea of family values,” the Prime Minister said at a public rally in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja.
PM Modi also hit out at the remarks made by Congress’ Sam Pitroda about an ‘inheritance tax’ like law saying that the Congress does not want the countrymen to pass on their property to their children. “The advisor to the royal family’s prince has said that more taxes should be imposed on the middle class. Now these people have gone one step further than this, Congress says that it will impose an Inheritance Tax, and it will also impose tax on the inheritance received from parents. The property you have accumulated through your hard work will not be given to your children,” the Prime Minister said.
Addressing the public rally in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja, PM Modi said the Prime Minister said that the opposition party has always planned to implement reservation on the basis of religion.
“When the Congress manifesto came out, I said on the same day that the Congress manifesto had the stamp of the Muslim League on it. When the Constitution was being made, it was decided under the leadership of Babasaheb Ambedkar that there would be no reservation on the basis of religion in India. But for vote bank, Congress did not care about the words of these great men, did not care about the sanctity of the Constitution nor did it care about the words of Babasaheb Ambedkar,” the Prime Minister said.
“Years ago, Congress had tried to give reservation on the basis of religion in Andhra Pradesh. Then Congress planned to implement it all over the country. Congress said that reservation should be given to some people based on religion by stealing some part of the SC/ST and OBC quota,” he added.
He further said that “misgovernance by the Congress resulted in the destruction of the country but the BJP is taking strict action against terrorism and Naxalism”.
Karnataka from the OBC quota, Congress made all the Muslims of the state OBC. This action of Congress is a warning signal for the OBC community of the entire country,” he said.
Earlier in the day, PM Modi held a massive roadshow in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday in the run-up to the parliamentary elections.
PM Modi was pictured waving and greeting the enthusiastic crowd gathered on either sides of the road. Visuals showed people in huge numbers cheering the Prime Minister’s convoy from behind the police barricades.
Many people also showered flower petals as PM Modi’s convoy passed. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Kumar Yadav.
The voting for 89 seats across 13 states will be held in the second phase on April 26. The first phase of voting in 102 constituencies across 21 states/UTs was held on April 19.
Five seats in Assam and Bihar, three in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, 14 in Karnataka, 20 in Kerala, seven in Madhya Pradesh, eight in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Rajasthan and one each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir will be voting in the second phase. The results will be announced on June 4.
