Sasaram (Bihar) [India], August 17 (ANI): Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday strongly criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for praising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in his Independence Day address, alleging that the organisation opposed India’s freedom struggle.
Speaking at the ‘Voter Adhikar Rally’ in Sasaram, Kharge questioned the role of the RSS during the independence movement. “All the people who fought for our freedom gave us the right to vote. Today, PM Modi is challenging that right from the Red Fort. The RSS was against the freedom of the country. They separated Mahatma Gandhi from his people. How many RSS people went to jail or were hanged? If PM Modi is taking the names of such people from the Red Fort, then what would the souls of those who fought for our freedom be saying today?” he asked.
Kharge further warned that under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, the people’s democratic rights, votes, and even the Constitution were at risk. “He is a very dangerous man. Unless you remove him from power, your votes, rights, freedom, and even the Constitution will not remain safe,” he said.
At the same rally, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav accused the Election Commission and Prime Minister Modi of conspiring to remove genuine voters’ names from the electoral rolls in Bihar. “Narendra Modi is dead set on destroying the lives of the youth of Bihar. Modi makes the illiterate clap for him and does politics. But our politics is about providing jobs to everyone. Today, that is why we are here. Election Commission, Modi, Bihario ko choona lagana chahate hai (want to scam the people of Bihar). Do not think of Biharis as weak,” Yadav said.
The Congress has launched a massive ‘Voter Adhikar Rally’ from Sasaram, targeting the Election Commission over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in poll-bound Bihar. The Opposition alliance, or Mahagathbandhan, has alleged that the SIR is an attempt to delete the names of legitimate voters from the state’s electoral rolls. (ANI)
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