Modi ji, this is not right… Why did Congress not refute that day, the Prime Minister said this during the elections?

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he has never spoken a single word against minorities and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not only been against minorities today but has never been against them. However, the Prime Minister clarified that he is not ready to accept anyone as a special citizen. Modi said these things in an interview given to PTI video on Sunday night. Amidst the opposition’s allegations that the Prime Minister’s election speeches are divisive and polarizing, this statement is his clearest statement so far regarding minorities.

‘I have not spoken a single word against minorities’
Modi alleged that Congress has disregarded the secular fabric of the Constitution. He said that his speeches during the election campaign were aimed at exposing the opposition parties’ attempts to appease minorities along with vote bank politics. During the interview, when Modi was asked about the apprehensions created among the minorities due to his statements, he said that I have not spoken a single word against the minorities.

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The Prime Minister said that I am only speaking against the vote bank politics of Congress. Congress is working against the Constitution, this is what I have been saying. Modi said the makers of the Indian Constitution, including Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and Jawaharlal Nehru, had decided that there would be no reservation on the basis of religion.

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He said now you are turning away from him. It is my responsibility to disclose them. At that time there was no member of my party in the Constituent Assembly. It was a gathering of outstanding people from across the country. When the Prime Minister was once again asked whether minorities were never targeted in his election speeches, he said, BJP has never been against minorities. Not just today, but never.

The Prime Minister was also asked whether he really thought that if Congress came to power, it would give away the property of Hindus to Muslims or it was just a statement made for publicity. On this Modi said, it is not just a question of me thinking this way. Preaching without any logic is a sin. I have never committed such a sin nor would I want to commit it. They (opposition) have run such illogical campaigns.

The Prime Minister admitted that on the day the Congress manifesto was released, he had said that it had the imprint of the Muslim League. He said that the Congress party should have refuted my statement on the same day and said that Modi ji, this is not right. The Prime Minister said, but since he remained silent, it seemed right to me that I would have to gradually tell this to the people of India.

Modi raised questions on Congress manifesto
Modi claimed that the Congress manifesto promised reservation for minorities in awarding contracts. He said, if you want to build a bridge then who will bid to get the contract? Someone with resources, expertise, technology. But if you want to bring reservation there also, then what will happen to the development of my country?

Congress leaders have accused Modi of distorting his manifesto out of context. Modi referred to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement given at a National Development Council conference in 2006 that Muslims have the first right on the country’s resources. The Prime Minister also referred to the Congress-led state government’s decision to bring all Muslims in Karnataka under the Other Backward Class (OBC) reservation category. He said that they looted in OBC reservation.