PM Modi rattled, resorting to 'cliched Hindu-Muslim script'?: Congress

The Congress on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Muslim League imprint remarks on the partys manifesto saying he is scared over the prospect of the BJP struggling to cross the 180seat mark in the Lok Sabha polls and has again resorted to the same cliched HinduMuslim scriptCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that with the BJPs electoral situation worsening day by day the RSS has started remembering its old friend Muslim LeagueThe opposition partys reaction came a day after Prime Minister Modi launched an attack on the Congress charging that its poll manifesto bore the imprint of the Muslim League and utterances of its leaders showed hostility towards national integrity and Sanatan DharmaIn a post on X Kharge said The political and ideological ancestors of Modi and Shah supported the British and the Muslim League against the Indians in the freedom movement Even today they are invoking the Muslim League against the Congress Nyay Patra which was prepared with the contributions of common IndiansThe ancestors of Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah opposed the 1942 Quit India movement that was called by Mahatma Gandhi and led by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad he saidEveryone knows that your ancestors formed their government in Bengal Sindh and NWFP in the 1940s along with the Muslim League Didnt Syama Prasad Mookerjee write to the then British Governor about how the Quit India Movement of 1942 by the country and Congress should be suppressed And for this he was ready to support the British the Congress president saidToday ModiShah and their nominated president are spreading false rumours about the Congress manifesto Modi jis speeches smack of RSS agenda With the BJPs electoral situation worsening day by day so much the RSS has started remembering its old friend Muslim League Kharge saidHe asserted there is only one truth that the Congress Nyay Patra reflects the hopes and aspirations of 140 crore people of IndiaTheir combined strength will put an end to Prime Minister Modis 10 years of injustice Kharge addedAddressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the BJP is consistently losing ground which is why the PMs love for Muslim League has resurfacedShe said the Congress manifesto is being widely discussed and is a blueprint for the future of the countryAfter being in power for 10 years when the country is at the brink of elections and the prime minister has to show his report card and ask for votes he is nervous He has once again resorted to the same cliched HinduMuslim script she saidThe manifesto of Congress is the voice of India based on the five pillars of justice It has an indelible imprint of the people of the country it has the imprint of the expectations aspirations and challenges of the crores of people who met us during the connect Bharat Jodo Yatra and Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra she saidIt has the imprint of 10 years of broken spirits and the emergence of a new hope it has the imprint of youth it has the imprint of farmers it has the imprint of women it has the imprint of workers it has the imprint of those people who are on the margins of society and we will ensure their participation and greater representation Shrinate saidThe Congress Nyay Patra has the solution to every problem that the Modi government has imposed on this country over the last 10 years she saidThis Nyay Patra is the voice of the people it is the voice of India Shrinate saidShe claimed that the reality is that Narendra Modis love for Muslim League is not newThese are the same people who stood with the British even during the great struggle for Independence and who left no opportunity to create communal rift along with the Muslim League Remember when in 1942 on the call of Mahatma and during the presidency of Maulana Azad the country agitated in Quit India Movement and had vowed to do or die Syama Prasad Mookerjee was not only running his government in Bengal and his likeminded people in Sindh and NWFP in collaboration with the Muslim League but was also writing to the British giving advice on how to suppress this mass movement she saidThese people have deep affection admiration and affiliation with the likes of the Muslim League and the British she allegedThe reality is that ever since the Congress manifesto was released there has been panic in the BJP ranks Shrinate claimedAnother big reality is that BJPs tally is dwindling very fast the latest surveys show they are struggling to cross the 180seat mark she claimedPeople also believe that the Congress walks the talk as today in Himachal Pradesh Telangana and Karnataka where there are Congress governments many welfare schemes are being run keeping in mind every section of the society he saidThe Congress has fulfilled every guarantee Shrinate assertedBy stealing the word guarantee no one will listen to you Modiji Today the country is seeking a report on your earlier jumlas so dont be distracted and get ready to pack your bags she saidThis 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