Congress is engaged in uniting Bharat, BJP trying to break it: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday asked why the BJP has triggered the IndiaBharat row and accused it of trying to break the country He asserted that the Congress is engaged in uniting BharatIf the BJP hates the word India then why it has named schemes like Startup India Digital India Skill India and Make in India asked KhargeHe was speaking at Bharose Ka Sammelan an event organised here in pollbound Chhattisgarh by the Congress government at Thekwa village of Rajnandgaon district Kharge said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should see the work of the Bhupesh Baghel government in the state to know how it can be done in five yearsWe have formed an alliance INDIA for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and now BJP is saying the countrys name India should be changed to Bharat There is both India and Bharat in the Constitution itself Then why are they triggering a dispute over it Kharge saidKharge said the BJP claims that the Congress is against calling India BharatWe love Bharat Rahul ji took out a foot march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and named the yatra as Bharat Jodo We are engaged in uniting Bharat and you BJP are engaged in breaking it he saidAssembly elections in the Congressgoverned Chhattisgarh are due by the yearendIf you BJP hate India then why Modi ji has given words like Startup India Digital India Khelo India and Make in India We have to fight against this mentality of BJP he saidThe name change controversy erupted after invitations for a G20 dinner in New Delhi sent out by Droupadi Murmu describing her position as President of Bharat instead of the customary President of India triggered a massive furore on Tuesday The opposition alleged the Modi government was planning to drop India and stay with just Bharat as the countrys nameHitting out at the PM Kharge said He is not even looking at violencehit Manipur On the other hand the G20 summit is being held in Delhi where every pole has his photos posters of PM Neither photographs of his ministers nor Mahatma Gandhi or Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru feature on these posters Does everything belong to himHailing the state government he said There was a BJP government in Chhattisgarh for 15 years Modi was in Gujarat for 135 years as CM and now 10 years as PM but the condition of Gujarat remains the same Why did you not do the work which the Congress government has done in 5 years in Chhattisgarh It is because you PM dont care for the poor rather you care for the rich like Ambani and AdaniReferring to the state he said it is not Modis Gujarat model but the model of the Congress Bhupesh Baghel and his cabinet Modi ji should see the work of Baghel government then only he can realise how work can be done in five years he addedThis 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