‘He has insulted the freedom movement, he has insulted entire southern India’, said Randeep Singh Surjewala
Elections 2019: The Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of dividing the country on the basis of religion and culture and demanded his apology even as it asked the Election Commission (EC) to take “decisive action” against him for violating the law. The opposition party also accused Modi of insulting democracy by trying to segment Indians in terms of castes and communities.
Congress’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala charged the prime minister with indulging in “cheap politics by sowing the seeds of hatred” among people and alleged that Modi had now gone to the extent of insulting India’s composite culture and the sacrifice of the people of south India during the freedom struggle.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has indulged in a corrupt practice under section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, besides violating the dignity of the office he holds and every other yardstick that is necessary and impeccable in public life. He must apologise to the nation.
“He has insulted the freedom movement, he has insulted entire southern India, he has insulted the composite culture of India, he has insulted the India that is unified by its multiple cultures and also languages, religions, castes and creeds, and the EC must take note of this and take decisive action against Modi,” he told reporters….
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