MINCING nary words successful attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly ”insulting” Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Congress wide caput Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra connected Saturday accused him of backstabbing Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray portion waxing eloquent astir his begetter Balasaheb Thackeray successful his speeches.
She adjacent challenged the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to beryllium her member Rahul Gandhi was against reservation.
”The speeches that Prime Minister Modi is making these days are truly disappointing. There is nary information successful immoderate helium is saying. It seems similar helium is saying 1 happening and doing thing else…We don’t expect specified things from the country’s Prime Minister, Chief Ministers oregon apical leaders. We expect that connected the ground of the spot that we person enactment successful him and different leaders, they volition talk the information and they volition talk positively. Unfortunately that is not happening…,” Priyanka said astatine a rally for MVA candidates organised astatine Gandhi Maidan successful Kolhapur city.
All MVA leaders, including Congress Kolhapur MP Shahu Maharaj Chhatrapati and Congress territory main Satej Patil, were contiguous connected stage.
The Congress person accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of insulting Maharashtra and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. ”The ineffable onshore of Maharashtra is being insulted and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is besides being insulted. His principles are being trampled upon each day,” said Priyanka.
In an oblique notation to the divided caused by the BJP successful the Shiv Sena that led to the toppling of the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities led by Uddhav Thackeray successful 2022, the AICC wide caput said Modi invoked Bal Thackeray publicly, but (BJP) back-stabbed his lad (Uddhav Thackeray).
“Modi ever takes the sanction of Shiv Sena laminitis Bal Thackeray. Yes, our ideologies (Congress’s and Shiv Sena’s) were different…Yes, our governmental reasoning was different… But neither Balasaheb Thackeray nor immoderate person from the Congress and Rahul ji (Gandhi) would tolerate Shivaji Maharaj’s insult,” said Priyanka earlier successful the time astatine a rally successful Shirdi.
She accused Mahayuti leaders of insulting Shivaji Maharaj, raking up the illness of his statue successful Sindhudurg territory successful August. “The statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj extracurricular Parliament was removed. The statue installed successful Sindhudurg collapsed arsenic corruption took spot successful its construction. The 3rd statue remained incomplete for 7 years…What is the constituent of taking the sanction of the legendary king if you privation to insult that person?” she asked.
“The Prime Minister comes to the stage, takes the sanction of Balasaheb Thackeray…He takes the sanction of Balsaheb Thackeray and erstwhile the statue of Shivaji Maharaj is being made, helium does not marque the effort to implicit the statue,” said Priyanka, referring to the projected memorial for the warrior kinf disconnected the Mumbai sea. “All these leaders, including Modi ji, instrumentality his (Shivaji Maharaj’s) name, but they bash not respect him,” she alleged.
Decrying the Prime Minister for allegedly stating that her member and Congress person Rahul Gandhi was against reservation, Priyanka said, “I saw the Prime Minister’s code successful Mumbai. He said Rahul Gandhi is against preservation and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was against reservation. Pandit Nehru was the 1 who started reservation. Rahul Gandhi walked for 4000km for ‘nyay’ (justice), archetypal from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and past from Manipur to Mumbai. Whereever helium went, helium said that determination should beryllium a caste census and that the preservation headdress of 50 per cent should beryllium removed. Does PM Modi deliberation that the radical of the state are not watching this and you tin accidental immoderate you privation from the dias ?”
The Congress person said the radical elected the authorities of Maharashtra and the Prime Minister stole the aforesaid authorities done money-power. ”How situation tin you (PM) talk astir corruption ? You purchased Maharashtra government…Through money-power, helium (PM) stole the authorities elected by the people. And you (PM) speech of Constitution?”
Challenging Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to beryllium that Rahul Gandhi was against reservation, Priyanka said, ”They should basal connected signifier and authorities that they volition behaviour the caste census and region 50 per cent headdress connected reservation…they prevarication astir my member stating helium is against reservation.”
Taking a excavation astatine the BJP successful general, and the Mahayuti’s Ladki Bahin Yojana successful particular, Priyanka said, “Inflation has go uncontrollable, unemployment is soaring and farmers are comitting termination each day…People bash not person wealth to acquisition indispensable commodities, neither tin they spend aesculapian treatment. Modji brings successful Ladki Bahin Yojana and gives Rs 1500 to women. But does anyone inquire him however overmuch wealth helium takes from radical ?,” she said.
Urging the voters not to stay silent, Gandhi said,”Maharashtra has ever shown the absorption to the nation. It’s icons person been a root of inspiration to the nation. Therefore, you should not stay silent.”
The Congress wide caput said women volition get Rs 3000 assistance each period if the MVA comes to power. ”We volition behaviour a caste-based census, we volition region the headdress connected reservation. We volition guarantee aesculapian security up to Rs 25 lakh and farmers volition get indebtedness waiver up to Rs 3 lakh. Youth volition get Rs 4000 stipend each month…ensure the triumph of MVA candidates,” she said.