PM Modi doubles down on anti-Muslim rhetoric, says 'Congress wants to give SC-ST quota to Muslims’

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mangalsutra, gold’ remark that sparked “hate speech" row, PM Modi has doubled down on his anti-Muslim statements at a campaign rally for Lok Sabha elections 2024. Addressing a speech in Rajasthan's Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, PM Modi attacked the Congress, saying it will wants to reduce the “SC-ST reservation and distribute it among the Muslims." Continuing his scathing attack on Congress, PM Modi also said that the grand-old party was hatching a conspiracy to “snatch your property" and “distribute it among selected people".

Hinting at his earlier remark which led to a huge outcry from the Opposition parties, PM Modi accused Congress of following a policy of “appeasement". The prime minister said, “The day before yesterday in Rajasthan I put forth some truth in front of the country and the entire Congress and INDI alliance went into a panic.

I put forth the truth that Congress is plotting to snatch your property and distribute it to their special people...When I exposed their politics, they got so angry that they started abusing Modi." He continued with: “Congress hatching deep conspiracy to snatch your property, distribute it among selected people." "Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “...Congress party has toyed with the Constitution of the country. When the Constitution was drafted, reservation based on religion was opposed, so that SC, ST and OBC castes could get protection.

Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh in his speech had said that Muslims have the first right on the country's resources. This was Manmohan Singh's statement.

Congress's thinking has always been of appeasement and vote bank politics. As soon as the Congress government came to power at the Centre in 2004, its first task was to try to provide reservation to