The Indian Prime Minister says anti-BJP opposition alliance can offer only one guarantee—the guarantee of scams
New Delhi: In his first public remarks on the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in an election year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, June 27, said if one family cannot run on two laws, how can a nation?, a special report by Aditi Tandon in The Tribune,Chandigarh, says
n a virtual address to 10 lakh BJP booth workers from Bhopal, the prime minister launched a blistering attack on the opposition parties seeking to unite against the BJP and dismissed them as a pack of scamsters.
Prime Minister Modi said: “Some days ago, some parties gathered for a photo session. Between them they represent a scam of Rs 20 lakh crore. These parties can offer only one guarantee—the guarantee of scams. But if they have a guarantee, Modi has a guarantee too—a guarantee of action against every scamster and every thief who looted the resources meant for the country and its poor”,
A visibly charged prime minister accused the Congress-led opposition of practising the politics of appeasement and vote bank and in the process leaving out several nomadic, backward and Scheduled Castes..
“The path of appeasement and vote bank does not require struggle. It can yield temporary benefits but will have grave consequences for the country. The BJP is walking the path of 100 per cent realisation of government schemes without discrimination,” he added
The PM told the booth workers who met him to know first-hand how they should interact with voters at the booth level.
Answering questions from women BJP workers on the issues of UCC, triple talaq and misgivings among the Muslims, the PM asked if triple talaq was an essential part of Islam why were Muslim countries like Egypt, Bangladesh, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan not practicing it.
“By dangling the noose of triple talaq over Muslim daughters, some people want the freedom to keep harassing them. But my Muslim daughters and sisters support me and the BJP wherever I go. India’s Muslims will have to understand which political parties are misleading and destroying them for vote bank politics,” the PM said, referring to continued exploitation of Pasmanda Muslims in India.
Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz (is an Indian Muslim activist organization for marginalised Muslims based in Patna, Bihar, Founded in 1998, the organisation seeks to integrate the Dalit Muslims (Arzals) and backward-caste Muslims (Ajlafs), representing about 80 percent of Indian Muslims.
The PM also listed a number of castes that, he said, had been left behind in the race of development due to appeasement politics of the opposition-led governments. He mentioned the lagging castes in Telangana, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Speaking on the UCC, the PM asked whether one family could run if there were two laws for two members.
“These days Muslims are being misled in the name of UCC. Can a family run if there is one law for one member and another for another member? How can the country run with two laws?” the PM asked, signalling the BJP’s intention to bring in a law for UCC, with the Law Commission working on the draft.
The PM said the Constitution speaks of equal rights for all citizens.
The PM also listed a number of castes that, he said, had been left behind in the race of development due to appeasement politics of the opposition-led governments. He mentioned the lagging castes in Telangana, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Attacking the opposition for opposing UCC, the PM said, “Had these people (opposition) been Muslim sympathisers, the community would not have lagged in education and jobs. The SC has repeatedly asked for the enactment of UCC but these vote-bank-driven people are creating obstacles.”
Urging BJP workers to have sympathy and not anger for the opposition parties seeking to unite against the BJP, the PM said, “It is the compulsion of these parties to unite.”
The PM appealed to the people to vote for the BJP if they wanted to protect the interests of their sons and daughters and vote for opposition parties if they wanted to further the interests of dynasts and their descendants.
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