Lok Sabha elections 2024: Opposition wants power to loot people, says BJP's Dinesh Sharma

Dinesh Sharma. File Pic/X

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dinesh Sharma on Monday said that the opposition was seeking power to loot the country whereas for the BJP power is a "medium of nation building", reported the PTI.

Sharma said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a put a lid on all forms of corruption, whereas opposition leaders were backing those who had been arrested for alleged graft.

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According to the PTI, while addressing a press conference, Dinesh Sharma said, "The INDI alliance is seeking power to loot the country. For the BJP, power is the medium of nation building. Opposition leaders are making baseless comments on arrest of corrupt leaders."

"In Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar is sympathizing with Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren (both are in jail currently). His allegation of misuse of probe agencies is baseless," Dinesh Sharma added, as per the PTI.

Due to the "anti national approach" of the Congress, many of its leaders are quitting, said Sharma, a former UP deputy chief minister and BJP's in charge of Maharashtra.

"Rahul Gandhi will have to lock his party office soon. Congress supporters are not liking the hate-filled dishes in his mohabbat ki dukaan (shop of love)," Sharma claimed, the news agency reported on Monday.

Attacking Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar for his statement on the death of then ATS chief Hemant Karkare in the 26/11 terror attack, Sharma alleged it showed the opposition party's "love for Pakistan".

Vijay Wadettiwar, the leader of opposition in the state assembly, had claimed Karkare, who was the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad chief during the 26/11 terror attack, wasn't killed by terrorist Ajmal Kasab's bullet but by one fired by a policeman affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

BJP writes to ECI for action against Cong leader Wadettiwar for 'defaming' Ujjwal Nikam

Meanwhile, the BJP has written to the Election Commission of India seeking action against the Congress and its leader Vijay Wadettiwar for allegedly peddling lies and defaming the saffron party's Mumbai North Central nominee and lawyer Ujjwal Nikam.

Wadettiwar, the leader of opposition in the Maharashtra legislative assembly, purportedly called Nikam an "anti-national" and accused him of hiding the information that then Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare was not killed by terrorist Ajmal Kasab's bullet during the 26/11 terror attack, but fell to a bullet of a policeman affiliated to the RSS.

His allegations were based on the book 'Who Killed Karkare' written by retired police officer SM Mushriff.

(with PTI inputs)