New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Congress tried to extend reservation on the basis of religion and give it to Muslims, and once again accused the party of hatching a conspiracy to snatch people’s wealth and distribute it among select people.
PM Modi also said that it is difficult to follow one’s faith under the Congress and that even listening to Hanuman Chalisa becomes a crime under that party’s rule.
Addressing an election rally in Tonk, he said as soon as the Congress formed the government at the Centre in 2004, one of its first tasks was to reduce the SC/ST reservation in Andhra Pradesh and give it to Muslims.
“Modi is giving you a guarantee with an open heart that reservation for Dalits and backward tribals will neither end nor will it be allowed to be divided in the name of religion,” he said.
He said he is dedicated to the Constitution and is a person who worships BR Ambedkar.
The PM charged that the Congress is stuck in the quagmire of its vote bank and does not care about the Constitution.
“Their manifesto says that they will survey the wealth. Even their leader had said in a speech that X-ray of wealth will be done, which means if something is kept in a box or hidden in a wall, it will be searched through X-ray. Then they will capture all your property which is more than required and then distribute it among the people,” he said.
