Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress president, criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, stating that his guarantee is not for the farmers, laborers, Dalits, tribal, and backward people of the country. He claimed that loans of Rs. 13 lakh crore of Modi’s friends have been waived while farmers are forced to commit suicide for a much smaller loan. The Congress president also alleged that big companies are being given subsidies worth crores of rupees, while the subsidies given to the poor, farmers, and women have been removed. For the first time, different types of taxes have been clamped on farmers and the GST has been imposed on tractors, fertilizers, and machinery. Kharge also alleged that Modi is turning into a dictator and said if the BJP is not defeated in the Lok Sabha polls, there will be no election again in the country, no more democracy, and no more Constitution. He then challenged the prime minister to name a single significant contribution he or his party has made towards the country.
During the 10-year rule of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the MSP on paddy had increased by 135 percent, whereas under the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, it had only gone up by 50 percent, he said. The Congress had promised to the country’s farmers that it will bring a law that will guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for crops. Projects worth thousands of crores of rupees were given in Amethi during the Congress government, but the Modi government stopped those as soon as it came to power. The entire world knows about Amethi, Kharge said, adding that every Indian is proud of Amethi because “it is the land of service and devotion to our beloved former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhiji, former Congress president Sonia Gandhiji and Rahul Gandhiji”.
Kharge also spoke out against the BJP, stating that it should open a school where it can teach people how to abuse the Congress. He concluded by highlighting the historical contributions made by the Congress and compared it to the lack of significant contributions from Modi and the BJP.
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