New Delhi:

The Congress has approached the Election Fee demanding motion over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declare that the celebration, if delivered to energy, will redistribute the nation’s wealth in favour of Muslims and can also be eyeing ladies’s “mangalsutras” for this trigger. The celebration has already vehemently criticised PM Modi, accusing him of constructing “divisive feedback”.  

Its letter to Fee contained its strongest remarks in current days.

“Whereas now we have objections to the complete tone and tenor of the Prime Minister’s speech, on this illustration we want to spotlight the fully unprecedented and malicious allegations as effectively statements that are clearly aimed toward creating enmity between teams, far worse than any ever made by a sitting Prime Minister within the historical past of India. This can not go unchecked, unanswered and unpunished,” the letter learn.

The celebration additionally mentioned the PM Modi and the BJP’s repeated feedback invoking non secular sentiments “has been bolstered by the Hon’ble Fee’s inaction” in penalising them for his or her “blatant and direct violations of electoral legal guidelines”.

“Our PM had given a speech in Rajasthan, which targets a selected group which can snatch our nationwide assets. That group is linked with infiltrators. His allegations about an assault on Mangalsutras, is once more a non secular hyperlink.  It’s a blatant violation of ECI round,” senior celebration chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned after assembly the Fee.

“We’re grateful to ECI to provide us time, we had raised 17 points which assaults the essential rules of our structure,” he added.

PM Modi had first raised the difficulty in Rajasthan over the weekend after which reiterated in western Uttar Pradesh, the place elections are due later this week.

The Congress manifesto, he mentioned, guarantees that if they arrive to energy, “everybody’s property can be surveyed, it’ll calculate gold belonging to moms and sisters after which redistribute it. They will not even spare your mangalsutra”.

He additionally mentioned when the Congress was in energy below Dr Manmohan Singh, it had mentioned Muslims have the primary proper on the nation’s wealth.

“Because of this they’ll collect this property and distribute it amongst individuals who have extra youngsters, amongst infiltrators. Will your hard-earned cash be given to infiltrators? Do you settle for this? The Congress manifesto is saying this,” PM Modi had mentioned.