You will be remembered as PM who indulged in divisive, communal speeches: Mallikarjun Kharge to Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday alleged that, the people of the country will remember Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a person who indulged in divisive and communal speeches filled with lies to avoid an inevitable defeat.

In a letter to Modi, the Congress president alleged that Modi has got frustrated due to the low turnout of voters in the first two phases of Lok Sabha election, and was using language that does not suit the office of the Prime Minister.

He said, "It is better as the Prime Minister if you seek votes on the performance of your government over the last ten years instead of indulging in hate speeches".

Referring to the letters written by PM to NDA candidates, Kharge said, “The letter makes it look like the lies in your speeches are not having the effect you intended and now you want your candidates to amplify your lies. Repeating a lie a thousand times will not make it the truth”.

He said the voters were intelligent enough to read and understand by themselves what the Congress had written in its manifesto and what guarantees it had promised.

The Congress President said the low turnout of voters in the first two phases of the elections showed that people were not enthusiastic about the PM’s policies or his campaign speeches.

“You have appealed to your karyakartas to mobilise voters in the name of religion. If the voters are not keen to vote for you, do not blame your karyakartas,” Kharge wrote to Modi.

He also slammed the Prime Minister and Home Minister Amit Shah for accusing Congress of practicing 'appeasement politics' and said, "The only appeasement policy that we have seen in the last 10 years is the appeasement of Chinese by you and your Ministers".

The Congress president also rubbished the Modi's claim that reservation will be taken away from SC, ST and OBC and given to their "votebank".

He retorted the claim saying, "Our votebank is every Indian - the poor, the marginalised, the women, the aspirational youth, the labour class, the Dalits and the Adivasis".

“Everyone knows it is the RSS and BJP which wants to change the Constitution to end reservation. Your leaders have openly spoken about it. You need to clarify why you are opposed to reservation to SC, ST and OBCs on the basis of their population as per Article 16 of our Constitution,” Kharge wrote.

The Rajya Sabha MP said while the Congress party was talking about Nyay Patra for all sections of the society, the BJP was not interested in talking about the ever widening inequality, unemployment and unprecedented price rise.

He also hit out at the PM for spreading lies about Inheritance Tax and said, "Your letter lies that Congress wants to bring Inheritance Tax when it is your former Finance Minister and your party leaders who have repeatedly mentioned they want Inheritance Tax. People can see these speeches and comments of your leaders online," the Congress Chief wrote.

Kharge challenged Modi or anyone he deputes to debate on the party's Nyay Patra and the points Modi has made.