Don't get carried away by your fans' applause, Kharge cautions Modi | India News - Times of India

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NEW DELHI:

Congress

president Mallikarjun

Kharge

has told PM Narendra

Modi

that his attempt to insert

Hindu-Muslim debate

into the election campaign is a ploy to divert focus from Congress's stress on the rich-poor inequality created by his "suit-boot sarkar". He urged Modi to not divide the nation like "your pre-Independence allies - the Muslim League and Colonial masters".

Amid Congress' protests that Modi is lying about the AICC manifesto advocating "

wealth distribution

" and "inheritance tax" and its indignation at the PM's communal pitch, Kharge Thursday shot off a letter to BJP mascot to convey the party's outrage.

Kharge has also sought a meeting with Modi to explain to him the provisions of the "nyay patra" because the PM is "being misinformed by his advisers" into making false statements, adding that Congress manifesto talks about "the people of India, whether they are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Jain or Buddhist".

Taking umbrage at Modi's speeches, Kharge said, "It has become a habit for you to seize on a few words taken out of context and create a communal divide. You are lowering the dignity of the chair by speaking in this manner. When all this is over, people will remember that the PM of the country used such vulgar language for fear of losing an election."

Kharge cautioned Modi against getting carried away by the applause of his supporters because "they are not allowing you to hear the crores of right-thinking citizens who are disappointed by your speeches".

Kharge said he was not surprised by the language of Modi or his colleagues because it was expected after "the dismal performance of BJP in the first phase of elections".

But, Kharge told the PM, Congress is merely talking about "nyay" for the poor, because the BJP regime has transferred wealth from the poor to the rich. He said the govt reduced the taxes for the corporates while the salaried class pays higher taxes, just like the poor pay the GST on salt and food while rich corporates claim GST refunds.