- I wanted to protect my Muslim daughters and I eradicated triple talaq from the country: Modi
- As long as I am alive, I will not allow religion-based quota in the country: PM
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, MAY 1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the Opposition Congress to give guarantee that it would not introduce religion-based reservations. Further, he asked the Congress to take a pledge that it would not try to change the Constitution of the country.
જય ભાજપ – વિજય ભાજપ
માનનીય પ્રધાનમંત્રી શ્રી @narendramodi જીએ આજે હિંમતનગર ખાતે સાબરકાંઠા અને મહેસાણા લોકસભા તથા વિજાપુર વિધાનસભા બેઠકની વિજય વિશ્વાસ સભામાં લાખોની જનમેદનીનું અભિવાદન ઝીલ્યું.
આ સભામાં માનનીય મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી @Bhupendrapbjp ની વિશેષ ઉપસ્થિતિમાં જનતા જનાર્દને… pic.twitter.com/9J64TzOD8s
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) May 1, 2024
On Gujarat Foundation Day-May 1, the PM addressed two rallies — in Deesa in Banaskantha, and in Himatnagar in Sabarkantha.
બનાસકાંઠાની રેલીમાં ઉમટેલી જનમેદની ગુજરાતમાં ભાજપની અભૂતપૂર્વ જીતનો વિશ્વાસ આપી રહી છે. pic.twitter.com/OiFAxi98Ac
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 1, 2024
Launching a scathing attack on Congress, “if you have two buffaloes, the Congress will take away one if voted to power” under the pretext of ‘inheritance tax’, Modi said.
2014 અને 2019ની જેમ આ વખતે પણ કોંગ્રેસનો ચૂંટણી પ્રચાર એ મોદીનું અપમાન કરવા પર કેન્દ્રિત છે. જનતા જનાર્દન તેમને આગામી ચૂંટણીમાં પાઠ ભણાવશે અને તેની હાલત વધુ ખરાબ થશે તે નક્કી છે! pic.twitter.com/Dt800sYVsD
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 1, 2024
The PM said, “This is my challenge to the Congress shehzada (prince, in a reference to Rahul Gandhi), his party, and supporters. If they have the courage, let them announce and give it in writing that they will never offer reservations based on religion. They should pledge to not tamper with the Constitution.”
After today’s massive rallies in Banaskantha and Sabarkantha, went to Kamalam, the @BJP4Gujarat Party office and spent time with fellow Karyakartas. Their energy and enthusiasm are outstanding. They are working hard to ensure our Government comes back for a third term. pic.twitter.com/aIHTd0r9IV
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 1, 2024
Modi launched the campaign from Banaskantha, where Congress candidate Geniben Thakor has been targeting the Banas Dairy and its chairman and Gujarat Speaker Shankar Chaudhary, whose protégé Rekha Chaudhary is the BJP candidate from the north Gujarat seat where dairy farming is a livelihood mainstay for rural farmers.
વિશ્વના સૌથી લોકપ્રિય નેતા અને યશસ્વી પ્રધાનમંત્રી શ્રી @narendramodi ની ગુજરાતમાં આયોજિત વિજય વિશ્વાસ સભા
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“Recently, a Congress leader from abroad (a reference to Sam Pitroda) suggested a proposal where more than half of your inheritance will be taken away from you and given to the government. A 55% inheritance tax will be imposed. For example, if you have 10 acres of land and you want to hand it over to your children, half of it will be taken over by the government. Similarly, if you have two buffaloes and want to leave them for your children, one will be taken away by the government if the Congress is voted to power,” he said.
This is what keeps PM Modi going!
Glimpses from PM Modi's massive rally in Sabarkantha, Gujarat. pic.twitter.com/CnQXyDtFKi
— BJP (@BJP4India) May 1, 2024
Modi also accused the Congress of spreading fake videos to target the BJP government, and its alleged plans to allow religion-based quota and curtail quotas for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). He also said that as long as he was alive, he would not allow religion-based quota in the country.
“The party which ruled the country for 60 years has become a fake factory. What they called ‘mohabbat ki dukan’ (shop of love) is actually a fake factory. Congress’ videos are fake, its words are fake, the Congress’ promises are fake, the Congress’ slogans are fake, and the intentions of the Congress party are fake,” Modi said.
He also spoke of the Shah Bano judgment and how the then government of the late PM Rajiv Gandhi had diluted it to protect its vote bank through appeasement. The Prime Minister said it was his government that had ended the practice of triple talaq and helped Muslim women.
“Whole families would be ruined, but because of vote-bank politics, they (the Congress) did not demonstrate the courage to stop triple talaq. I did not think about a vote bank. I don’t run the government based on what can win elections. I wanted to protect my Muslim daughters and I eradicated triple talaq from the country,” he said.
