'Indira Gandhi divided Pakistan, what did BJP do?’: Kharge's ‘dramatic’ dig at PM Modi in poll-bound Chhattisgarh
Lok Sabha Elections draw close, so does the hitting at, taking a jibe between the two camps , INDIA and BJP-led NDA, intensify. Both camps have left no stones unturned to oppose policies, moves within and without the parliament ahead of the biggest democratic festival India witnesses. Latest in the jibe fest was Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that they have a habit of twisting the work done by Congress.
Kharge alleged that the BJP had a tendency to twist the work done by Congress to their advantage and mislead people of the country. Kharge said that BJP only gives reference to the 1962 China war, but forgets that it was Indira Gandhi who divided Pakistan into two parts though they (BJP) are not able to hunt a bird. “They always talk about 1962, but forget that Indira Gandhi divided Pakistan into two parts and now Bangladesh practices democratic governance.
It was Congress' rule, in which 100000 people of the neighbouring country were arrested and later released. We fought with Pakistan and liberated Bangladesh This is our (Congress) power. You (BJP) cannot even hunt a bird or a rat," Kharge said.
Kharge was addressing a public rally in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district said that it was only Congress that put everything in place in the country, reported news agency ANI. Notably assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Chhattisgarh later this year. Therefore Kharge's visit could be seen as the launch of Congress' campaign in the state.
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