Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the PM Narendra Modi-led government of crushing the dreams of the youth, avoiding questions in Parliament and pushing young people towards protests through its policies.
Speaking at Indira Bhavan after Modi’s Independence Day address, Kharge said peaceful protest was a constitutional right and students demanding their rights should not be branded anti-national.
“I and the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, have been continuously raising questions about the brutality inflicted on students and youth, but the Prime Minister and the Home Minister have not come to the House. The question is: Did the public send you to sit in your chamber? He also accused the BJP of taking credit for work done during previous Congress governments. We improved people’s financial condition, not change names. But, these people just take credit. Kharge also raised the issue of alleged theft of offerings at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, questioning the government’s handling of the matter and pointing out that the temple trust had been appointed by the Prime Minister. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh categorically denied that there was an attempt to stop the singing of the song’s full version.
Congress has 90% contribution in development you witnessed in the country today. Certain mindsets never change from pre-1947 to post-1947, the senior BJP leader added. Because of Congress, “The development you see in the country today is.
“The government’s wrong policies have pushed the youth into a dark road,” Kharge said, adding that the government had “neither the funds nor the ideas for schemes that drive the nation forward. On top of that, Amit Shah says that Parliament was not in session, so I did not come to the House, but I was sitting in my chamber and watching and listening to everything. Kharge said. This will not go on for long,” Kharge said. Sharing video footage on X, BJP national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh said, “Mother, son and national president (of the Congress) seem to be upset by the rendering of full Vande Mataram. “As the Congress president was standing for a long time, Soniaji was asking for a chair for him,” he said.
