'SP, Congress Will Gift Properties To Those Doing Vote Jihad': PM Modi Attacks Oppn In UP's Hamirpur

Prime Minister Narendra said that the Congress has declared it will reinstate Article 370, which granted special autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress will use people's votes to come to power and then gift a part of their property to those who carry out 'vote jihad' for them. Addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur, PM Modi cautioned people against the intentions of the two opposition allies in Uttar Pradesh.

"Today I have come to caution you against the SP and the Congress. They take your vote, but after coming to power, they will distribute these 'gifts' to those who do 'vote jihad' for them," news agency PTI quoted Modi as saying.

PM Modi said that the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress have made their intentions clear even before the elections. "The Congress is saying that it will investigate everyone's property. Then they will give a part of your property to the vote bank that does 'vote jihad' for them," he remarked.

Accusing the Opposition of disregarding the Constitution over the OBC quota, he claimed, "You will be amazed to know about how they (Congress) disregard the Constitution, how they crush the dreams of Babasaheb Ambedkar. What did they do in Karnataka? They made all the Muslims in Karnataka, OBC, overnight. As a result, the reservation of backwards was looted."

Referring to a row over old remarks of Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyer, PM Modi said, "Nowadays, the Congress is threatening us that we should be afraid of Pakistan as they have atom bombs. I want to tell the people of Congress that they should come to the land of Bundelkhand to understand what is valour."

"We attacked Pakistan inside their territory, did it gather courage to do anything after that? People who say that Pakistan has atom bombs don't know that the country doesn't even have the money to maintain them (atom bombs)," he added.

Congress Declared It Will Reinstate Article 370: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra remarked that the Congress has declared it will reinstate Article 370, which granted special autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir, adding that the opposition party also claims Pakistan has a nuclear bomb, but "the party does not realise that Pakistan does not have the money to maintain the bomb", PM said.

Addressing a rally in Hamirpur, PM Modi mentioned that there are 11 candidates in the poll fray in Hamirpur, with the main contest between BJP's Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel and SP's Ajendra Singh Lodhi.

Hamirpur will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.