Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 28 (ANI): Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the ruling party at the Centre has a “huge washing machine” that can clean even the “biggest stains”. During an event celebrating the 138th Foundation Day of Congress, the party chief said, “BJP has a huge washing machine that can clean even the biggest stains. When people are put into this machine they come out clean. We all have to fight together to save democracy. It is a government of liars at the Centre.”
Referring to the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Kharge said the mass outreach march was an attempt to counter the “hatemongering” by the BJP. “Bharat Jodo Yatra is an attempt to fight against the atmosphere of hate being created by them (BJP) in the country. A notice was sent to Rahul Gandhi telling him that such events should not be held due to COVID-19 but Prime Minister is attending many public events,” added Kharge.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Congress chief targeted the BJP government during his address at the party headquarters in New Delhi and said the basic principles of India are being constantly attacked.
He said that society is being divided by hate, people are hit by price rise and unemployment but the government is not bothered. “The basic principles of India are under constant attack. A pit of hatred is being dug all over the country. People are in trouble due to inflation, unemployment but the government does not care,” Kharge said. He further appealed to people to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Indian National congress was founded on December 28, 1885, in Bombay (Mumbai). Every year on December 28, the party celebrates its foundation day.
Notably, Congress has got a non-Gandhi president after 24 years. In 1998, Sonia Gandhi was made congress president and in 2017 Rahul Gandhi was elected as the party chief but he resigned from the post after the poll debacle in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. (ANI)
“It is Congress which destroyed Constitution, Sangh is a social movement…” RSS leader Indresh Kumar hits back
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar on Wednesday hit back at Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot and Mani Shankar Aiyar over their statements that BJP–RSS are “dividing” the nation.
Talking to ANI, Indresh Kumar said, “It was not Sangh, but Congress that crushed the Constitution. Sangh has always propagated the Constitution, so one should not speak ill against it.”
The RSS leader said that the partition in 1947 left several people displaced and killed. “Congress signed on the 1947 partition, which left crores of people displaced, and lakhs of people killed. Congress also insulted the sacrifice of the freedom fighters by imposing an Emergency in the country,” he said.
He further took a jibe over Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s statement comparing Rahul Gandhi with Lord Ram. “If all this was not enough, they compared Lord Ram with Rahul Gandhi,” he added.
Indresh Kumar said that Sangh is not a political movement, but a social movement.
“RSS is a movement aimed to make the country civilised and united, and will always remain so. The knowledge of Congress is so limited, that it couldn’t even understand the difference between the ‘jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Siya Ram’ slogans. So, we can only sympathise with Congress, and hope that Congress leaders introspect themselves,” he further said.
Notably, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar had attacked BJP and RSS over the alleged “divisive politics”. Ashok Gehlot had alleged that BJP–RSS are “weakening” the Democracy in the country and they will receive a befitting reply from the public. Mani Shankar Aiyar had also attacked RSS saying “It is the Sangh Parivar, which is dividing India in “Tukde Tukde” in terms of religion, caste and language. This yatra is against these forces.” (ANI)
