Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he said that he never indulged in 'Hindu-Musalmaan' politics.
She was talking about Modi's clarification in an interview with Network 18 that he never meant Muslims while talking about "infiltrators".
"The truth of this country is that the politics that dominate this country is the politics of lies. Their (BJP) leaders tell lies, they are cowards. They make contradictory statements. In every rally, they do Hindu-Muslim. And now, the prime minister of India sitting in Varanasi denies doing Hindu-Muslim."
For the past 10 years, he has been playing the Hindu-Muslim card. Wherever he conducts his rally, he does Hindu-Muslim. It is time to be vigilant. Every Hindu and Muslim should be vigilant. You are being misled. Votes are being sought in the name of God but work is not being done in the name of God."
Gandhi challenged Modi to fight the 2024 general elections on pressing issues like unemployment and inflation, instead of doing Hindu-Muslim.
"They don't have any policies to remove your hunger. Modi travels in big planes, but when he meets you, he goes back making the same statements. I challenge him to fight elections on unemployment and inflation and his policies.
Earlier in the interview on Tuesday, Modi, after ing his nomination for UP's Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, said that the day he resorted to such methods, "us din main sarvyajanik jeevan me rehne yogya nahin rahunga (I won't be fit for public life)".
"I am shocked. Who told you that whenever one talks of people with more children, the inference is they are Muslims? Why are you so unjust towards Muslims?" Modi said. "Main 'Hindu-Mussalman' nahin karunga; yeh mera sankalp hai (I won't play 'Hindu-Muslim' card; that's my vow)."
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