'You Are Being Misinformed': Kharge Writes To PM Modi, Seeks Time To Explain Congress's 'Nyay Patra'

The letter comes after PM Modi attacked the Congress over its manifesto, alleging that the party aims to 'redistribute the wealth' of people and give it away to 'infiltrators'.

The letter comes after PM Modi attacked the Congress over its manifesto, alleging that the party aims to 'redistribute the wealth' of people and give it away to 'infiltrators'.

Source : PTI

Lok Sabha Elections: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought time from him to explain in person the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. In his two-page letter, Kharge told the prime minister that he is being misinformed by his advisors about things that are not even written in the 'Nyay Patra' -- the Congress' manifesto.

The letter comes after PM Modi attacked the grand old party over its manifesto, alleging that the party aims to "redistribute the wealth" of people and give it away to "infiltrators". The Prime Minister also accused the Congress of snatching women's "mangalsutra". In his letter, the Congress leader said the Congress' 'Nyay Patra' aims at providing "nyay (justice)" to the youngsters, women, farmers, labourers and marginalised people across all castes and communities.

"It has become your habit to seize on a few words taken out of context and create a communal divide. You are lowering the dignity of the chair by speaking in this manner," he said.

My letter to PM @narendramodi ji underlining that he has been misinformed on the Congress Nyay Patra. I would also like to meet him in person to explain him our Manifesto, so that he doesn’t make any false statements in future.

Sharing the text of the same —

I am neither… pic.twitter.com/pSDkm4IiBW

— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) April 25, 2024

"You are being misinformed by your advisors about things that are not even written in our manifesto. I would be more than happy to meet you in person to explain our 'Nyay Patra' so that, as prime minister of the country, you don't make any statements that are false," he further stated. The Congress chief also said he is neither shocked nor surprised by the language used by the prime minister in his recent speeches.

"It was expected that you and other leaders from your party would start speaking in this manner after you saw the dismal performance of the BJP in the first phase of the elections," Kharge said in the letter. The Congress has been talking about the deprived poor and their rights ("nyay"), he said. He added, "We are aware that you and your government do not have any concern for the poor and dispossessed."

"Your 'suit-boot ki sarkar' works for the corporates whose taxes you reduced while the salaried class pays higher taxes. The poor pay GST even on food and salt and the rich corporate claim GST refunds. That is why, when we talk of inequality between the rich and the poor, you are purposely equating it with Hindu and Muslim," the Congress chief claimed.

"Our manifesto is for the people of India -- whether they are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Jain or Buddhist. I think you have still not forgotten your pre-Independence allies the Muslim League and colonial masters," he charged.

The Congress chief claimed that the grand old party has always served to empower the poor while "you have ruled to snatch the earnings and wealth of the poor". In his letter, Kharge said, "Your government was the one who used demonetisation as an 'organised loot and legalised plunder' to transfer the money deposited by the poor in the banks to the rich in the form of loans. Then, as part a of conscious design, these loans were surreptitiously written off by your government. The lakhs of crores of corporate loans that your government has written off since 2014 is a transfer of wealth from poor to rich. No farmer's loans, artisan's loans, MSME loans or student loans were waived off by you."

"You and your government have repeatedly turned away from the atrocities that the poor and backward women are facing … Today, you talk about their 'mangalsutra'. Isn't your government responsible for the atrocities against women in Manipur, against Dalit girls, garlanding of rapists? When farmers are committing suicide under your government, how are you protecting their wives and children?," Kharge asked. The Congress chief also suggested that PM Modi read about "Nari Nyay" that, he said, the party will implement when its comes to power.

Kharge also advised the prime minister to not "get carried away by your own people who are clapping at your speeches". "They are not allowing you to hear the crores of right-thinking citizens who are disappointed by your speeches," the Congress chief said.

Sharing Kharge's letter on X, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge ji has just written to the prime minister, saying that he would be happy to meet him to explain the reality of the Congress' 'Nyay Patra', which Mr Modi may have missed in his persistent efforts to distort and defame it."

कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष मल्लिकार्जुन @kharge जी ने अभी प्रधानमंत्री को पत्र लिखकर उनसे मिलने का समय मांगा है। प्रधानमंत्री #CongressNyayPatra पत्र की जिन चीज़ों को लेकर भ्रम फैला रहे हैं और लोगों को गुमराह करने की नाकाम कोशिश कर रहे हैं, उन्हें खरगे जी प्रधानमंत्री को मिलकर सही अर्थों… pic.twitter.com/7D4Mk085je

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) April 25, 2024