Congress sacrificed two prime ministers in terror fight: Kharge counters PM Modi

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Congress of playing vote bank politics over terrorism Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said his party had sacrificed two prime ministers in the fight against terrorismKharge questioned whether any leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP had fought for the freedom of the countryWe have done the work to fight against terrorists To maintain peace in the country we have sacrificed our leaders Indira Gandhi sacrificed her life to keep the country united Rajiv Gandhi was martyred for the unity of the country Is there a leader in the BJP who at least fought for the freedom of the country Kharge askedAddressing a rally in Kheda in pollbound Gujarat on Sunday the prime minister had said Congress views terrorism from the prism of the vote bank He also said terrorism was not over yet and the politics of the Congress has also not changedHere in Congress we have lost our two famous and worldrespected prime ministers to strengthen and unite the country This is an election of the state Assembly and not of Parliament We are here before you with the issues affecting the state It is better if he Modi talks about the successes and failures of the state Kharge saidAlso read Money laundering case Court grants bail to exMaha minister Anil Deshmukhs sonOn the BJPs poll promise of implementing the Uniform Civil Code in Gujarat Khrage said it was an attempt to divide society and create controversy for votesThey BJP are provoking Congress and other leaders to speak up and get angry Their aim is to provoke us and divide society but we are not going to fall into their trap he saidSlamming Modi for seeking votes in his name and claiming only he contributed to the progress of Gujarat as if there were no leaders before him Kharge said the prime minister keeps talking about the Congress has done nothing in the past 70odd yearsIf any party built the country in 70 years it was Congress Kharge said adding unlike Modi he does not take credit for the several thousand crore worths of projects sanctioned when he was Union ministerAttacking the BJPs Gujarat model of development the Congress president said there were five lakh vacancies in government departments including that of 28000 teachersThe states debt is rising sharply When we went out of power we left a debt of Rs 10000 crore Today it has swelled to Rs 340 lakh crore and is going to increase further to Rs 460 lakh crore during the current fiscal Kharge saidThe socalled Gujarat model is about 4 lakh COVID19 deaths They changed three chief ministers in six years If you change three CMs it means that you did nothing here Otherwise there was no reason to change them Kharge saidHe expressed confidence in Congress winning the Gujarat electionsThe BJP has understood the people of Gujarat are deciding in favour of Congress Despite being in power for 27 years it has become necessary for the BJP to bring in the prime minister Union home minister four to five chief ministers to make inflammatory speeches to mislead people he claimedGujarat will see twophase Assembly polls on December 1 and 5 and the counting of votes will take place on December 8In the 2017 Assembly polls the Congress had won 77 seats in the 182member Assembly restricting BJP to 99This 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