The Congress on Wednesday wondered whether the BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi was justifying the insult of Dalits by yoga guru Ramdev over his controversial remarks against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. “Narendra Modi’s silence on the issue is deafening. He speaks on every issue, but why is he silent on thisIJ Is he seeking to justify the insult of Dalits or is he giving tacit support to what Ramdev has saidIJ” party general secretary Shakeel Ahmed said at AICC breifing.
He also said that the Congress believed that the BJP is supporting Ramdev on this issue and the Election Commission should look into this aspect as well and “not only take action against Ramdev, but take action against BJP”. This, he said, showed the mindset of BJP towards Dalits. “Ramdev created a controversy by his remarks that Rahul goes to Dalits houses for a honeymoon and for picnics.
Shakeel also slammed the BJP for seeking votes in the name of Kargil martyr Capt Vikram Batra. Citing a world Bank report, he said India has emerged as the third biggest economy in the world after the US and China and relegated Japan to the fourth position. “This is an answer to Modi’s negative campaign against us that India was down in the dumps in the UPA rule,” he said wondering why the BJP is silent. “If BJP does not want to congratulate Congress and UPA, it can congratulate people of the country and those who were instrumental for the achievement,” he said.