Mallikarjun Kharge's 'RSS language' retort to Modi's 'Muslim League' jibe

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Muslim League jibe, saying that the BJP leader's speeches reek of RSS language.

In a long post on X, Kharge said that Modi and Shah's political ancestors, the Jan Sangh, had supported the British and Muslim League against the Indians in the freedom struggle.

Kharge further said that Modi raking up the Muslim League is a sign of BJP's electoral graph plunging as the election date approaches.

"Modi-Shah's political and ideological ancestors supported the British and Muslim League against the Indians in the Freedom Struggle."

"Even today, they are invoking the Muslim League against the 'Congress Nyay Patra' guided and shaped according to the aspirations, needs and demands of common Indians. Modi-Shah's ideological ancestors opposed Mahatma Gandhi's call for "Quit India" in 1942, which was the movement chaired by Maulana Azad."

"Everyone knows how Prasad Mukherjee formed his governments in Bengal, Sindh and NWFP in the 1940s in coalition with the Muslim League. Did Shyama Prasad Mukherjee not write to the then British Governor about how the Quit India movement of 1942 can be "combated" and how the Congress should be suppressed? And for this, he said that "Indians have to trust the British."

"Modi-Shah and their Nominated President are today spreading falsehood about the Congress Manifesto. There is a stink of RSS in Modi ji's speeches, BJP's electoral graph is plunging day by day, therefore the RSS has started remembering its best friend-the Muslim League!"

Addressing an election rally in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Modi said the Congress manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls bears a Muslim League imprint while a part of it is dominated by the leftists.

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