Launching a vehement critique against the Congress and INDIA bloc, BJP National President J. P. Nadda asserted on Friday that the opposition's "hidden agenda" revolves around "seizing" the rights of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and other backward classes and redirecting them towards Muslims.
Highlighting the appeasement politics of the opposition, Nadda pointed directly at the Congress Manifesto, emphasizing its clear manifestation.
Nadda emphasized, “BJP does not want Muslims to be neglected, but they should not take undue advantage at the expense of other communities.”
He further elaborated, “The Congress says that Muslims have the first right to the country’s resources, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that they belong to the poor."
Regarding former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statements, Nadda said, “In December 2006, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remark on Muslims having the first right to the country’s resources was not inadvertent. It was as an intentional statement as during a press conference in April 2009, while replying to a question in Mumbai, Manmohan Singh once again justified and reiterated his statement and said that minorities, especially Muslims, should be given priority, and they should have first right to the country’s resources."
Addressing the portrayal of Muslims in the Sachar Committee’s report, Nadda alleged misrepresentations, suggesting that it implied Muslims' conditions were even worse than Dalits, paving the way for declaring Muslims as Scheduled Castes to grant them SC reservation benefits.
Nadda accused the Congress of harboring "extreme hatred" towards SCs, STs, and OBCs due to their majority representation among the poor classes, as indicated by the Congress manifesto's stance against majoritarianism.
He continued, “The Congress has a long-standing habit of robbing their (poor classes) rights,” he said, adding that “Jawaharlal Nehru always stood by Muslims”.
Targeting the Congress, Nadda cited various steps taken by previous Congress governments at the Centre and in incumbent governments led by the grand old party in various states, accusing them of perpetuating "appeasement politics."
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