Rajnath Singh: We don't discriminate between Hindus and Muslims; BJP '24-carat gold', Cong 'rusted iron'
Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the BJP does not discriminate between Hindus and Muslims and that the respect of women is of paramount importance to it, citing the ban on triple talaq. Addressing public meetings in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa and Satna districts to drum up support for BJP's Lok Sabha candidates, he also batted for the 'one nation, one election' idea, and called his party «24-carat gold» and Congress «rusted iron».
The BJP has renominated sitting MP Janardhan Mishra in the Rewa Lok Sabha seat. He will take on Congress' Neelam Singh. In Satna, BJP sitting MP Ganesh Singh is pitted against local Congress MLA Siddharth Kushwaha.
The 29 Lok Sabha seats in MP will go to polls in four phases between April 19 and May 13 and votes will be counted on June 4. Polling will be held in Rewa and Satna seats on April 26.
«People say the BJP always talks of Hindus and Muslims. I want to say that we do not discriminate between Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Jews,» Singh asserted during his address in Rewa.
The defence minister said his party takes along with it all.
«We believe all born in Bharat are the children of Bharat Mata. We don't discriminate,» he said.
The allegations of bias against the BJP grew sharper after it declared its intention to ban triple talaq. «We did not end it (instant triple talaq) by fooling people. It was our resolve and word,» he said.
Be it Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews or Parsis, BJP treats its «sisters equally». «Our ancient practice and that of the BJP is to respect women,»
