'PM a brutal, Aurangzeb-like dictator': Congress hits back at Narendra Modi for his remarks on Emergency

26 Jun 2018 Evaluate

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress on the anniversary of the Emergency, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala fired back at the BJP and said the party was attempting to distract voters ahead of 2019 elections. Surjewala said Modi did not get his mandate on the 21-month-long Emergency that was in place some 43 years ago. Rather, the Modi government came to power on the promise of achhe din, good governance, employment, electrification, and development. He said that just because they have no answers, this brutal Aurangzeb-like dictatorial government can't escape by shifting the focus away.

Surjewala also called the BJP a Bohot Joothi Party, adding that whenever anyone tries to ask them a question about their performance in the past 49 months, they are called anti-national. He said that history will teach the lying prime minister a lesson. He said that Modi ji is trying to take revenge on history but he forgets that soon he too will be a chapter in it.

Surjewala also questioned on the government's welfare schemes and claimed programmes meant for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes were cut by half by the ruling dispensation. Further, he said that while Modi was talking about an incident that took place decades ago, an ‘undeclared Emergency’ in taking place in India. He said that dalits and Tribals are being stripped and beaten for the slightest assertion of their identity. Media personnel are being harassed. There is an environment of fear and panic all around.

In Mumbai, PM said that emergency is a black spot on the golden history of the nation. Observing black day is not just to criticise the Congress for its sin of imposing Emergency but also to create awareness for the protection of Constitution and democracy. The party which has no internal democracy cannot be expected to follow the ideals of a democracy.

Modi asked that ‘for selfish interests, Congress turned the country into a jail by imprisoning Opposition leaders. For them, the country and democracy have no value. Instead of (Indira Gandhi) quitting as prime minister after the court verdict, Emergency was imposed. How can these people talk about safeguarding the Constitution?’ Modi added that when Kishore Kumar refused to sing for them (Congress), his songs were not allowed to be played on the radio.

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