Chhattisgarh raids can't deter us, Congress sent Britishers back: Mallikarjun Kharge in poll-bound MP

The Congress sent the Britishers back and that the recent raids by central agencies in Chhattisgarh wont demoralise its workers said party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday asserting they would win assembly polls there as well as in Madhya Pradesh and accused the BJP of being twofaced reported news agency PTIHe also called the BJP antipoor antiDalit and antitribalKharge was addressing public meetings at Katangi town in the Naxalaffected Balaghat district and at Shahpura town in tribaldominated Dindori of MP which goes to polls on November 17I was in Chhattisgarh yesterday Friday and the force of Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah Union home minister Amit Shah was also there Through ED CBI and IT raids they want to terrorise our party workers so that they sit in their homes he said reported PTIThe Congress has been accusing the BJPled Centre of weaponising the Enforcement Directorate ED Central Bureau of Investigation CBI and Income Tax IT to target its government in Chhattisgarh through various raidsThe latest accusation by the Congress came on Friday when ED claimed that a forensic analysis and a statement made by a cash courier had led to startling allegations that the promoters of Mahadev betting app paid about Rs 508 crore to the Chhattisgarh chief minister so far and that these are subject matter of investigationThey are thinking that Congress workers will sit at home and get demoralised due to these raids but it wont happen The Congress is certainly going to win in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh he saidKharge said the Congress fought the British rulers sent them back and ensured Indias independence under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi reported PTIJawaharlal Nehru strengthened the democracy Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar made a law to strengthen the poor We are not going to be scared by Modi Shah and their disciples he said adding that the Congress was getting stronger day by day reported PTIDubbing Modi jhoothon ka sardar leader of liars the Congress president said that instead of working he was hurling abuses at the Congress and the Gandhi family reported PTIKharge said the previous Congress governments had done a lot of work referring to the achievements of former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi and Rajiv GandhiHe said the countrys 140 crore people have phones in their hands and it was possible because of the vision of the then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi whom he praised for introducing mobile phones and computers in IndiaThe Congress leader said that the Congress government had built schools and colleges and produced doctors who helped people during the COVID19 pandemic reported PTIKharge said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act MNREGA of the previous government helped people eke out a living during the pandemic reported PTIHe said the Congress government works for people and the poor while the Modi government works for business honchos like Gautam AdaniThe Congress leader said that MP has seen 250 scams in 225 months reported PTIAbout Katangi in Balaghat he said it was earlier a part of BhandaraGondia from where Dr Ambedkar who framed the Constitution ran elections way back in 1954 Besides the place houses a famous temple and is considered a holy landLater addressing a rally in Dindori district the Congress leader called the BJP antipoor antiDalit and antitribal and said its style of functioning is like Muh mein Ram bagal mein chhuri twofacedModi speaks of making a tribal woman the President of India but what is the use of giving any post when you cannot give respect and dignity to that person Kharge saidHe alleged that the PM inaugurated the new Parliament building but did not invite President Droupaudi Murmu because she is a tribalThe same disrespect had been meted out to former Dalit President Ramnath Kovind Modi did not invite him for the foundation laying ceremony of the new Parliament building Kharge saidModi tries to portray that everything happened in the country only after he became the PM Kharge saidThe BJP tries to take credit for everything without having done anythingiquest he said adding that Nehru and Dr Ambedkar gave voting rights to Indias women immediately after independence when women in many foreign countries had no such franchise The Modi government has given all the countrys resources like seaports airports and other establishments to the hands of a few businessmen including Adani The poor are getting poorer and the rich richer under Modis rule Kharge saidFive per cent of the population have 60 per cent of the countrys wealth and this is happening in Modis era he added reported PTIThe Congress is the party that has been working religiously for the upliftment of the poor Dalits and tribals since Indias freedom he said reported PTIIt was former PM Indira Gandhi who made a Dalit the President The Congress made the first woman President of India and also the first woman Lok Sabha Speaker Kharge saidIn Madhya Pradesh polls the state has 47 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes but the Congress has fielded 48 ST candidates as they deserve it he said adding that his party also works for tribal empowermentAttacking Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Kharge said no development or welfare of people has taken place in BJPs 18year rule in MPMP chief minister Chouhan did nothing for the elderly women and children for so many years but now that the polls are drawing nearer he is hugging elderly women and holding kids in his lap Kharge saidThese people are fake dont get deceived by their acts he saidAfter the Congress comes to power in MP education from KG to Class 12 will be free and all your other needs will also be taken care of he said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI