Leading A Coalition Government, Modi Questions India Bloc's Politics: Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for questioning the practicality of a coalition politics. He said that the unease and restlessness of the BJP over the success of INDIA bloc is too evident. Kharge was presiding over a meeting of the leaders of Sewa Dal, Indian Youth Congress, Mahila Congress, NSUI, INTUC and other cells and departments of Congress at New Delhi.
Congress chief said Modi had forgotten that he was leading a coalition government. At the same time, Modi is currently finding difficult to find the alliance partners and those who were aligning with him do not even have a single MP, Kharge added.
Citing the glorious contributions of these organisations in strengthening the party, Kharge said that in the past ten years, the BJP led-NDA government has no single achievement worth its name to mention. Instead, 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, he added.
Continuing further, Congress chief said that the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is extremely significant since the Modi government had even shut the doors of the national platform like the parliament. There was no discussion over the pressing issues facing the country, he said, and pointed that no discussion was allowed on subjects like Manipur violence parliamentary security breach, unemployment, and rising prices.
It was for the first time in the history of Indian parliament, Kharge pointed out, 146 opposition MPs had been suspended because they demanded discussion on parliamentary security breach. The government has passed all the important bills like Criminal Law Bill, Telecommunication Bill in the absence and participation of opposition in the house, the same way it has passed the farm laws in 2020 when it was rejected by the people.
The Congress president alleged that the RSS and the BJP polarise people for electoral benefits and it is the duty of all the Congress workers to counter it by raising the issues of public interest. The politics of arrogance and lies has a short life, he said. Congress party has always fought for truth and justice and eventually it will emerge victorious, Mallikarjun Kharge added.
The meeting was held in connection with the preparations for the upcoming Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and the ensuing 2024 General Elections. Congress” General Secretary (organisation), KC Venugopal and General Secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh were also participated in the meeting.
