Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi says BJP burnt Manipur

In a noholdsbarred attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the saffron party of burning Manipur and making attempts to divide people across the country on religious lines reported news agency PTIThe Congress leader was addressing a rally in Jharkhand ahead of the state elections which will be held in two phases November 13 and 20During his address Gandhi also alleged that the saffron party deprived 90 per cent of the nations population of their due rights and benefitsThe BJP burnt Manipur and attempted to divide people on religious lines It incited Hindus Muslims Christians and Sikhs against each other In recently held Haryana elections the BJP incited Jats against nonJatsIt is the character of the BJP Gandhi alleged while addressing an election rally in LohardagaAccording to PTI the Congress leader also claimed that he undertook a 4000km padyatra from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to spread the message of love and to open nafrat ke bazar me Mohabbat ki dukan to open shops of love in the market of hatredWhen I raise my voice for tribals and Dalits the BJP accuses me of dividing India I am here to unite and strengthen India If I am wrong for raising the voice for 90 per cent of Indias population which constitutes tribals Dalits and OBCs Other Backward Classes for their participation in governance I will continue to do so the Member of Parliament MP from Rae Bareli statedBJP waived loans of 25 capitalists Rahul GandhiHe alleged that the BJP waived loans of 25 capitalists worth Rs 16 lakhcrore but blamed the Congress for easing farmers debts to the tune of Rs 72000 crore during the United Progressive Alliance UPA government which was in power from 2004 to 2014Did the BJP government waive any loan of Jharkhand farmersNo because you are tribals Dalits and OBCs BJP will never waive your debts because it waives debts of capitalists he allegedAccording to PTI in another rally at Simdega Gandhi accused the BJP of trying to snatch Jal Jungle Jameen water forest land from the tribal communityHe also termed the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 as a fight of ideology between the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance INDIA and the BJPRSS Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh combine The Congress leader alleged that the RSSBJPs mission was to destroy the Constitution while the INDIA bloc wanted to protect itPM Narendra Modi calls you vanvasi as the BJP believes that land forest and water belong to the saffron party RSS and capitalists The BJP believes in grabbing tribal land under its newly coined word development It wants to snatch Jal Jungle Jameen water forest land from tribals Gandhi alleged while addressing a rally in Jharkhands SimdegaHe also claimed that the Constitution was under constant attack and the INDIA bloc was making all efforts to protect itINDIA will conduct caste census if voted to powerGandhi has promised to implement the caste census and remove the 50 per cent cap on the reservation if the INDIA bloc is voted to power in JharkhandThe Constitution is under constant attack and it needs to be protected We will remove the cap of 50 per cent reservation at any cost If we are voted to power in Jharkhand we will raise the reservation of STs to 28 per cent from the present 26 per cent SCs to 12 per cent from the current 10 per cent and OBCs to 27 per cent from the existing 14 per cent he claimedHe also asserted that a caste census is a must to identify the participation of tribals Dalits and OBCs in various institutions and wealth of the countryWhen I raised the issue in Parliament PM Modi was silent and later said that Rahul Gandhi wants to divide the country the Congress leader claimedThis was Gandhis second visit to the state after the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 was announcedThe polls will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20 and the counting for the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 will take place on November 23With PTI inputs