Manas Dasgupta
NEW DELHI, Nov 9: The BJP if voted to power in Jharkhand will ensure that the children born out of wedlock between the Bangladeshi father infiltrating into the country and local adivasi mother are not given the tribal rights, the BJP national president and union health minister JP Nadda asserted on Saturday.
Addressing an election rally at Bishrampur in Palamu district, Mr Nadda alleged that the JMM-led government has given shelter to Bangladeshi nationals and said the saffron party after coming to power would drive the national from the neighbouring country out. “Children of Bangladeshi infiltrator father and Adivasi mother will be denied tribal rights if BJP is voted to power in Jharkhand. It will not allow infiltration to continue,” Mr Nadda said.
While the Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that every state where the Congress win elections become the “ATM (Automated Teller Machine) of the party’s ‘shahi parivar’ (royal family), the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Centre, saying its tax structure was designed to “loot the poor.” “Indian tax structure is to loot the poor. Adani pays taxes equivalent to you. Dharavi land, worth ₹1 lakh crore, is being handed over to him,” Mr Gandhi alleged while addressing a rally in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad.
“Wherever the Congress forms a government, that state becomes the ATM of the party’s shahi parivar. As much as Rs 700 crore has been extorted from the liquor business in [Congress-ruled] Karnataka for the Maharashtra polls. Telangana and Himachal Pradesh have also become this shahi parivar’s ATMs,” he said.
“We won’t let Maharashtra become the ATM of Congress, Mr Modi asserted while addressing a campaign rally in Akola. When the Congress indulges in so much corruption to win polls, one can imagine how corrupt the party will be once in power, the PM pointed out.
The PM said the manifesto of the Mahayuti [ruling alliance in Maharashtra] focuses on women’s security, job opportunities, expansion of Ladki Bahin Yojana, while the Maha Vikas Aghadi, comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP, have come out with a “ghotala patra.” “The entire country knows the MVA means corruption, token money and transfer posting business,” he said.
In his counter-attack, Mr Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Mr Modi alleging, “the PM Modi travels in seaplanes, goes inside the sea, but the poor and women bear the brunt of price rise.” Mr Gandhi further alleged that Scheduled Tribes (STs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) constitute 90% of India’s population, but they were not represented in Government institutions. “We will give to the poor funds equivalent to the debt of capitalists waived by PM Modi,” he said.
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused Rahul Gandhi of insulting and making a mockery of the Constitution by showing a “fake” copy of it. He also claimed that the BJP would never allow the Congress to implement reservations for minorities.
“Rahul Gandhi shows a copy of the Constitution. He was exposed two days back. Someone got a copy of the Constitution he has shown. The Constitution of India was written on the cover of that copy which was void of any content. Don’t make a mockery of the Constitution. It is a question of faith and trust. By waving a fake copy of the Constitution, you have insulted B R Ambedkar and the Constituent Assembly. The Congress party has made the Constitution a mockery,” Mr Shah alleged at a BJP rally in Palamu.
Mr Shah alleged that Congress was “hell-bent on snatching reservations” from OBCs, tribals and Dalits and “planned to give it to minorities.” “The Congress is against OBC quota, it promised 10 pc reservation to minorities when a delegation of Ulemas met Congress leaders in Maharashtra. Under PM Modi’s leadership, the BJP will never allow religion-based reservations,” Mr Shah said.