People in these elections will fulfill Mahatma Gandhi’s wish at the time of Independence that the Congress party be disbanded, Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh told News18 in an exclusive interview.
Traveling with Singh during his election campaign in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, News18 witnessed a whirlwind campaign by the Defence Minister who was seen telling the crowd in his rallies that the Congress plans to take away their hard-earned wealth and properties.
“We have no constitutional right to provide reservation based on religion but to mislead people and to gain their support is an old habit of Congress. Today also they are working on this… that is why with time their existence is eroding,” Singh told News18 about the Prime Minister’s charge that the Congress plans to bring in reservations for Muslims in India.
Singh, in the interview, also said that the ‘wealth X-ray’ promised by Rahul Gandhi will lead to a financial slow down.
“This thinking is what brings financial destruction. They will have to pay for this,” Singh told News18. He added that the Congress ideology was suffering from “mental paralysis”, and said the Opposition’s voters were disillusioned with the party and had not shown up to vote in the first two phases, leading to lower turnout.
When asked on the Congress manifesto, Singh told News18 that “politics should not be done based on jaati, panth or majhab; insaaf aur insaniyat should be base of politics.”
With inputs from News18
