'This has been his tactic to divide': Congress on PM Modi's 'mangalsutra' scare

Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modis mangalsutra remarks at Rajasthans Banswara rally saying this has always been his PM Modi tactic to divideThis has always been his PM Modi tactic to divide How to take the country forward is important Leaving this aside he is talking about HinduMuslim Scheduled Caste and Other Backward Caste He is doing all this for votes not for the benefit of the country said KhargeEarlier on Saturday Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the Congress wants to take away the gold and property of people and distribute it among those having more childrenWhile stressing the importance of Mangalsutra traditional Indian jewellery worn by married Indian women for women he said that no government has the power to snatch it awayWhen they Congress were in government they said that Muslims have the first right over Indias resources So they will distribute this wealth property and gold among those having more children among illegal immigrantsthis Urban Naxal thinking wont even spare your Mangalsutra the PM saidCongress alleged that PM Modi and the BJP have deliberately and repeatedly invoked religion religious symbols and religious sentiments in its election campaign and the same is being done without any impunityMeanwhile Senior Congress leader and advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Monday said that the party in its petition to the Election Commission of India has urged to take appropriate action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi irrespective of the status of the person over the PMs recent speech in Rajasthans BanswaraSinghvi said that the Prime Ministers statement was seriously ridiculously objectionableI have had the privilege of leading the Congress delegation involving about 17 complaints to the ECI Most important is the first one which deals with the extremely objectionable comments of no less than the Chief Executive of this government We respect the office he holds He is as much as our Prime Minister as he is yours and he is BJPs Unfortunately the statement we have quoted is seriously ridiculously objectionable We pray to him PM Modi with folded hands to withdraw this statement and to clarify We have asked the Election Commission to state that this is the position in law we will do in his respect whatever we do with others Singhvi said while talking to reporters after the delegation of Congress met with the Election Commission of India on MondayI am not going to quote what he has said He has named a community he has talked of religion blatantly he has talked of communal and community blatantly He has linked it with deprivation of resources of the majority and garnering and monopolisation of that resources by that minority He has brought in Hindu imagery of no less than the Mangalsutra therefore clearly violated Section 123 the basic principle of not allowing excitement and information of communal passions the senior Congress leader saidHe called the speech a very serious uncalledfor invasion of the Constitutions basic structure and appealed to the ECI for actionSeveral circulars of the ECI on the MCC the latest being on March 1 2024 The constitutional ethos and spirit that make secularism a basic structure in our Consitution makes a level playing field and democracy itself a part of the basic structure A basic structure means that a constitutional amendment cannot violate the basic structure This is a very serious uncalledfor invasion and we hope and trust because the ECI is itself on trial that irrespective of the status of the person who has done this appropriate action as in any other case will and must follow shortly Singhvi saidKharge also said that the Congress is going to get more seats in KarnatakaCongress is going to get more number seats in KarnatakaThe people of Karnataka have changed This time they are not going to give him any seats BJP he told reporters here on TuesdayHe was reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modis Mangalsutra remarks at a public rallyThe Lok Sabha polls are being held in India in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok SabhaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever