Prime Minister accuses Congress of undermining the Indian Constitution by snatching away the rights of the marginalised sections and bringing quota for Muslims through the backdoor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here on Tuesday, has vowed that as long as “he is alive, he will not allow the Indian Constitution-mandated reservations for the SC/STs and BCs to be distributed to the Muslims at any cost”.
“The Constitution makers led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had decided against religion-based quota and made it only for the SC/ST/BCs. But the Congress party and its ‘prince’ (Rahul Gandhi), are undermining the Indian Constitution by snatching away the rights of the marginalised sections by bringing quota for the Muslims through the backdoor for their vote bank politics,” he charged.
Mr. Modi was addressing a public meeting at Zaheerabad as part of the ongoing election campaign for the Lok Sabha polls where he affirmed, in an emotional tone, that his commitment and respect to the Indian Constitution is total. Beginning his marathon hour-long speech in Telugu — Na Telangana kutumba sabhyulandariki namaskaramulu (Greetings to my Telangana family members), he also announced that the 75th anniversary of the Indian Constitution will be celebrated with “pomp and gaiety” throughout the country during his third term, where he will also “expose” the Congress party’s efforts made to “insult” and “poke holes” into it under its rule.
The Prime Minister blasted Mr. Rahul Gandhi without uttering his name, but calling him ‘Shehzada’, for tearing a Cabinet note prepared by the Manmohan Singh government in front of the media showing “utter disregard to constitutional propriety”. “He (Rahul Gandhi) is now talking of protecting the Constitution from us? It is a Holy Book to me equal to the Gita, Bible or the Quran,” he declared.
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