Brought law to end triple talaq, freed Muslim sisters: Modi

Amid the ongoing controversy over hijab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to the Muslim women of Uttar Pradesh saying the BJP stands with every Muslim in the State which is reflected the way we got rid of triple talaq.

“Muslim sisters know our good intentions. We made a law against triple talaq and freed Muslim sisters from this malice,” Modi said in Saharanpur on Thursday which will go to the polls on February 14.

Saharanpur has around 35 per cent Muslim population and is home to Darul-Uloom Deoband, Asia’s biggest seminary.

Realising the importance of Muslim votes, the Prime Minister wooed Muslims and talked about them for at least 10 minutes in his speech.

“Those dealing in vote banks are worried that now even Muslims are supporting Modi. They could not digest that some Muslim women were posting small reels on social media praising the BJP. They want Muslim women to be pushed back to the medieval age, but BJP and Yogi are committed to protecting Muslim women,” Modi said.

He also talked about the scheme Yogi has had initiated for farmers saying the BJP Government has given more money to sugarcane farmers than what the previous governments had given in the last 10 years.

“The BJP Government is taking permanent measures to relieve sugarcane farmers as it has allowed them to make either sugar or ethanol as per market demand. UP farmers have produced ethanol worth Rs 12,000 crore and this figure is bound to increase in coming years,” the Prime Minister said.

Attacking the Samajwadi Party, the Prime Minister said this party is making hollow promises to the public.  The party is only concerned about its family, not about the development of UP. “These people had talked about giving electricity to cities for 22 hours and villages for 20 hours but they gave electricity only in their native districts,” he said and cautioned the public not to fall prey to these people.

He said, “During its rule, the SP had promised to build 500 houses for poor in Saharanpur city but it actually built 200 houses. In comparison, Yogi Adityanath promised 31,000 houses and built 18,000 houses. This is the difference between SP and BJP.”

He also talked about how the poor were provided food grains during the pandemic while during the SP regime ration, meant for the poor, was sold in the open market.

He appealed to the people to vote for the Government that works for the poor and implements the schemes on the ground. “This is the power of double engine government because it believes in Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,” he said.

Reminding people of the Muzaffarnagar riots, the PM said during that regime this region also witnessed riots in which violence was unleashed under political patronage. Criminals who instigated those riots are now partners of the SP-RLD alliance. The Yogi Government has taken action against the criminals and sent them to jail. They are now angry and want to take revenge.

The Prime Minister praised the work done by the Yogi Government in the field of law and order and said that as a result of this, investors have got confidence in Uttar Pradesh and huge investments are coming in the State.