NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said with the Narendra Modi government bent on ”misusing every power” and elections approaching in several key states, her party will take its message directly to people and join hands with all like-minded parties to defend the Constitution.
In an Op-Ed in ”The Hindu”, Gandhi also accused Prime Minister Modi and his government of ”systematically dismantling” the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, saying their actions demonstrate a ”deep-rooted disdain” for democracy.
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She also alleged that the prime minister ”ignores” the rising tide of hatred and violence, egged on by BJP and RSS leaders, and has not once called for peace or harmony or acted to reign in the offenders, let alone bring them to justice.
”Religious festivals seem to have become occasions to intimidate and bully others — a far cry from when they were occasions for joy and celebration. Instead, there is intimidation and discrimination only on account of their religion, food, caste, gender or language,” Gandhi said.
Launching a scathing attack on Modi, she said his statements either ignore the most pressing issues of the day or are ”platitudes and verbal gymnastics” to distract from these matters.
The Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson said despite the prime minister’s best efforts, the people of the country cannot and will not be silenced.
Underlining that the next few months will be a crucial test of India’s democracy, she said the country is at the crossroads, with the Modi government bent on ”misusing every power” and elections approaching in several key states.
”The Congress party will make every effort to take its message directly to the people, as it did in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, and will join hands with all like-minded parties to defend the Constitution of India and its ideals,” Gandhi asserted.
She also alleged that the prime minister ”ignores” the rising tide of hatred and violence, egged on by BJP and RSS leaders, and has not once called for peace or harmony or acted to reign in the offenders, let alone bring them to justice.
”Religious festivals seem to have become occasions to intimidate and bully others — a far cry from when they were occasions for joy and celebration. Instead, there is intimidation and discrimination only on account of their religion, food, caste, gender or language,” Gandhi said.
Launching a scathing attack on Modi, she said his statements either ignore the most pressing issues of the day or are ”platitudes and verbal gymnastics” to distract from these matters.
The Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson said despite the prime minister’s best efforts, the people of the country cannot and will not be silenced.
Underlining that the next few months will be a crucial test of India’s democracy, she said the country is at the crossroads, with the Modi government bent on ”misusing every power” and elections approaching in several key states.
”The Congress party will make every effort to take its message directly to the people, as it did in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, and will join hands with all like-minded parties to defend the Constitution of India and its ideals,” Gandhi asserted.
Source: Press Trust of India
