New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment that the opposition party's Lok Sabha election manifesto has the imprint of the Muslim League, saying he "does not know his history" as Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee himself was a part of it. Were. A coalition government with the League was formed in Bengal in the early 1940s.
The Congress also accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in "politics of division" and claimed the Prime Minister was engaged in "diversion tactics".
Addressing an election rally in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Modi said the Congress manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections has the imprint of the Muslim League while a part of it is dominated by the Left.
Reacting to his comment, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "The Prime Minister does not know his history, in fact, it was none other than Mukherjee, the president of the Hindu Mahasabha, who himself was part of the coalition government." With Bengal Muslim League.,
He said the Hindu Mahasabha was also in alliance with the Muslim League in the North-West Frontier Province of Sindh.
"It is the BJP, not the Congress, which believes in and embraces the politics of division," Ramesh told reporters here.
In a post on Twitter, he said: "The five justices at the heart of the Justice Charter are youth justice, women's justice, farmer's justice, labor justice and participatory justice. The Prime Minister has made himself clear today: In the conflict between justice and Also he is a supporter of any kind.
The former Union minister said, "India and Indians will vote decisively for freedom from another ten years."
In a video statement, Ramesh alleged that Modi wanted to divert attention from the condition of youth, women, farmers and laborers in the country as well as the "injustice" of the last 10 years.The Prime Minister's attack on the opposition party came a day after it released its Lok Sabha election manifesto, which focused on the five "pillars of justice" and 2 guarantees under them, in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party president at the Congress headquarters . Chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Right to apprenticeship, legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP for crops), a constitutional amendment to increase the 50 per cent limit of reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). A nationwide caste census and scrapping the Agnipat scheme for short-term military recruitment are among the promises made in the Congress manifesto.
Lok Sabha elections are to be held in seven phases from April 1 and counting of votes will take place on June 4.
The Congress also accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in "politics of division" and claimed the Prime Minister was engaged in "diversion tactics".
Addressing an election rally in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Modi said the Congress manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections has the imprint of the Muslim League while a part of it is dominated by the Left.
Reacting to his comment, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "The Prime Minister does not know his history, in fact, it was none other than Mukherjee, the president of the Hindu Mahasabha, who himself was part of the coalition government." With Bengal Muslim League.,
He said the Hindu Mahasabha was also in alliance with the Muslim League in the North-West Frontier Province of Sindh.
"It is the BJP, not the Congress, which believes in and embraces the politics of division," Ramesh told reporters here.
In a post on Twitter, he said: "The five justices at the heart of the Justice Charter are youth justice, women's justice, farmer's justice, labor justice and participatory justice. The Prime Minister has made himself clear today: In the conflict between justice and Also he is a supporter of any kind.
The former Union minister said, "India and Indians will vote decisively for freedom from another ten years."
In a video statement, Ramesh alleged that Modi wanted to divert attention from the condition of youth, women, farmers and laborers in the country as well as the "injustice" of the last 10 years.The Prime Minister's attack on the opposition party came a day after it released its Lok Sabha election manifesto, which focused on the five "pillars of justice" and 2 guarantees under them, in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party president at the Congress headquarters . Chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Right to apprenticeship, legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP for crops), a constitutional amendment to increase the 50 per cent limit of reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). A nationwide caste census and scrapping the Agnipat scheme for short-term military recruitment are among the promises made in the Congress manifesto.
Lok Sabha elections are to be held in seven phases from April 1 and counting of votes will take place on June 4.