Congress State president Raj Babbar made a frontal attack on prime minister Narendra Modi advising him to first ensure right of woman in his own home, then advocating for the same to others.
``Narendra Modi is claiming his concern over triple talaq matter but I wanted to ask him that why he not first ensured right in his own home leaving his wife without any `talaq’, charged Babbar while reacting over Triple Talaq controversy. ``It is irony that on one hand PM is advocating rights of women and his own wife had to file an application under RTI asking what are her rights”, Babbar asserted while adding that Congress is always in favour of safeguarding women’s right.
However, he was quick to clarify that it was his personal stand on the issue but the Party stand will be only made after discussing the issue with senior members of the community and above all, only if `required’ as BJP is just making politics over the issue and were never serious towards rights of women. ``When BJP faces election, they come up with issues like common civil code, Article 370, construction of Ram Temple etc”, claimed Congress state president.
Interestingly Babbar further out hit at Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janta Party over Ram Temple issue and claimed that the saffron brigade was not serious towards the issue and are just politicising it to make political gains. ``Who is against construction of Ram Temple or which Party had ever opposed it’s construction but when and where it is to be constructed, it is for the Supreme Court to decide”, pointed Babbar while asking Modi and BJP leaders that they should clarify whether the Court had permitted them for construction of Ram Temple or else they were just making just `politics’ by making claim that they will construct Ram Temple.
Reacting to on-going family feud amongst the first Yadav family in the State, Raj Babbar said that though he is `sad’ over the entire development but was also keeping a close watch over it’s political fall out. ``I know this family very close and many of it’s leaders (without naming Akkhilesh or Prateek Yadav) are just child when I was in the Party so I was feeling very sad over all recent developments”, claimed Babbar adding the worker and leaders who groomed to this Party to this stage are the worst affected of such in-fighting as they were confused how they should go further. However, he said that as state president of Congress, he is closely monitoring the entire political development. When asked whether Party is going in for alliance in the SP will split, Babbar said that these decisions are to be taken by the high command but if anyone will contact him in this regard, he will surely convey it to his seniors sitting in New Delhi.
About the forthcoming political agenda of Congress, Raj Babbar without disclosing any details confirmed that Priyanka Gandhi will take up election campaign probably in the end of November. He said that besides they will start their Dalit Campaign very soon during which about 80 teams will visit each of over 8000 dalit villages in the State and discuss the problems and how a better policy could be drafted to give justice to them as well as to bring them in the main stream where they could live without any fear. He said that later they will take block development meetings and strengthen the organisation before Priyanka would take tour of UP. He also hailed Rahul Gandhi saying political parties, whose top leaders are now having dinner in Dalit’s house had once openly criticised Rahul Gandhi when he took up the cause of Dalits and had visited their houses or have lunch or dinner with them. ``leaders who laughed at Rahul taking lunch at Dalit’s house are now themselves publicising having the same with the Dalits”, asserted Babbar while praising the vision which Rahul Gandhi had for the country.