Modi says the day he sows divisive politics, he will be unworthy of public life | Latest news India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said people from across religious lines will vote for him, insisting that the day he sows division he will be unworthy of public life, days after his comments claiming that Congress will remove reservations that meant for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes and giving them to Muslims and redistributing the wealth to the minority community caused an uproar.

“The day I turn Hindu-Muslim, I will be unworthy of public life. It is my decision that I will not do Hindu-Muslim,” he said in an interview with News18 India in his constituency Varanasi on Tuesday.

Modi, who posted excerpts of the interview on “I said you should have as many children as you can support. Do not create a situation where the government has to….”

Responding to a question on whether Muslims would vote for him or whether he needed their votes, he said the people of the country would vote for him. He referred to the housing program and said that when houses are delivered, he talks about 100% completion. Modi said that no consideration is given to community, caste or religion while giving houses. He called 100% saturation social justice and true secularism. “…there is no chance of corruption. You know if someone else gets it this Monday, I’ll get it next Monday.

The comments came days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda in response to complaints from the Congress, the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. on Modi’s Banswara speech.

Opposition leaders targeted Modi over the comments, with Congress chief Mallikaarjun Kharge calling the comments “hate speech.” Kharge said Modi had “lowered the dignity of political discourse”.

In the communication to Nadda, the ECI said top campaigners must set high standards in political discourse and adhere to the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct in letter and spirit.

In its complaint, the Congress highlighted a part of Modi’s speech in which he said that when the party was in power, Muslims had the first right to the country’s resources. Modi wondered to whom they will redistribute the resources. “Those who have more children. Those who are infiltrators. Will your hard-earned money be given to infiltrators? Do you accept that? The Congress manifesto says they will take stock of the gold our mothers and sisters own, and then redistribute that wealth. And distribute it among those who, according to the Manmohan Singh government, have the first right to resources: Muslims. This is the thought of Urban Naxal, and mothers and sisters, they will not even spare your Mangalsutra. They will stoop to this level.”

In December 2006, then Prime Minister Singh said: “We will have to come up with innovative plans to ensure that minorities, especially the Muslim minority, are enabled to share fairly in the fruits of development. They should have first claim on our resources.”

The Congress has said that the BJP is misinterpreting Singh’s comments and that he has spoken about the need to empower the marginalized, including the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Muslims.

The Congress maintained that Modi’s comments violated parts of the Indian Penal Code and the MCC, a voluntary set of guidelines for political parties during the election season. MCC says no party or candidate should “undertake any activity that may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic.”