The Lok Sabha elections have just begun, with the first phase completed on April 19 and the second phase of voting scheduled to start on April 26. Therefore, every party is making every possible effort to garner votes. However, in his political rally, PM Narendra Modi is accusing the Congress that if the grand old party comes to power, it will allocate properties to Muslims.
“When they were in power, they said Muslims have the first right over resources. They will gather all your wealth and distribute it among those who have more children,” Modi told a crowd of supporters. “Do you think your hard-earned money should be given to infiltrators? Would you accept this?” he said of India’s Muslim population, which consists of around 230 million people.
He made this claim by combining sections in the manifesto, which address wealth inequality, and connecting those points to the former Prime Minister’s speech in 2006.
However, in another rally, PM Modi is requesting the Saudi Prince to increase the Haj quota for Muslims. On one hand, PM Modi is saying that hard-earned money will go to Muslims, and on the other hand, he is requesting Saudi Arabia to increase the Haj quota.
Addressing a public rally in Aligarh, PM Modi said the BJP-led government took a very significant decision for the Muslim brothers and sisters.
“Earlier, due to the less Haj quota, there used to be a lot of fighting, and bribery was also prevalent there, and only the influential people would get the chance to go to Haj. I had requested the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia to increase the Haj quota for our Muslim brothers and sisters in India. Today, not only has India’s Haj quota increased, but visa rules have also been made easier. The government took a very important decision,” PM Modi said.
However, this did not go down well with the Muslim community, and they see this as a separation between Hindus and Muslims.
“This is how political parties separate two communities, and because of such speeches, communal tension builds up. PM should have refrained from commenting on such topics because he is the PM of India, not just for one community,” said Irshad Mekrani.
While religious leaders are also upset with Modi’s comments, “I do not support such comments that our PM has made. This is the politics of dividing two communities,” said Maulana Asrar.
He further said, “What our Muslim community was before 2014 is still the same in 2024; there is no change.”
Apart from this, the opposition has targeted their guns toward BJP and Modi and slammed him for making such comments, and they have also complained to the EC, but no response has been given by the Election Commission till now. Sharad Pawar has compared Modi with Putin.
Talking about the elections, the voting will take place in seven phases and will conclude on June 1, and results will be declared on June 4.
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