Congress hits back at PM Modi for 'party of Muslim' remark'


New Delhi, Jul 15(PTI): The Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for targeting it over minority appeasement and calling it a party of Muslims. The Congress said that the PM is spreading the "poison of hatred and division".

PM Modi who is on a two-day tour of Uttar Pradesh yesterday (July 14) said, "I have read in a newspaper that Congress president has said that Congress is a party of Muslims. I am not surprised as when Manmohan Singh was PM, he had said that Muslims have the first right over natural resources." "All I want to ask is, is their party only for Muslim men or for women too?" PM Modi said at a rally. He said that the Grand Old Party's stand on triple talaq has exposed them.

Reacting to the remarks, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said that the PM is lying by using the names of Rahul Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh. He said the PM looks "desperate" sensing defeat in the next polls and was seen spreading the "poison of hatred and division" in the society. He also alleged that PM Modi is blinded by his desire to take revenge on Rahul Gandhi.

Congress spokesperson Pramod Tiwari said, "If any party that has taken every section of the society along it is the Congress. This tradition has been followed from Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi."

"We respect every religion and we don't believe in the politics of division," he told reporters.

Countering PM Modi's charge on triple talaq, senior Congress leader and former Union minister Salman Khurshid claimed the PM "knows nothing" about the issue and should not speak on it.

"Does the PM know what triple talaq is? Does the PM know any of these things? If he can say in public what is triple talaq, we will be very happy to answer him. I think, the PM should not speak on everything particularly on the subjects he does not know about," Khurshid said.

"There is no Muslim, Hindu, Christian party. There are political parties and they are political parties made up of human beings. It is good if the BJP was to discover what human beings are. They have spent too much time amongst those who are not human beings," the Congress leader said in a scathing attack on the ruling party.

The BJP and the Congress have been sparring after the Urdu daily reported that the Rahul Gandhi who met Muslim intellectuals earlier this week had told them that the Congress was a party of Muslims.

  

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  • Salam, Manglore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    This is PM ki monkey bath😀

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  • Salam, Manglore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    This is PM ki monkey bath😀

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  • Rathan, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    But all chaddiless sickular khangress supporters /spokespersons don't deny or can't deny what mauni sing told about the Muslims having fir at right over natural resources of India how low a PM can go for vote politics and also rajeev gandi can change Apex court judgement just for voters of a particular religion
    And one more reader tries to project intercast marriage of BJP leaders in a negative way where as in actual life it shows the broadmindness of BJP as well as
    Its motto "hum sub ek hai"

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Rioter likes to talk cheap but wears expensive stuff and spies on other women.

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  • Gilbert, Udupi/Kuwait

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Modiji creating a atmosphere of hatred so he says Congress party is of Muslims to get votes and also talks about triple talaq… What about talaq of Hindus or other religions??? Politicians must look after their own personal life instead of preaching others...

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  • Ravi, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    He is 100% better then Kerala priests who is fake .

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  • Deva, Pilar

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    what about ASARAM , Ram Rahim ?????????Nitya Ananda??? so on......................

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  • Vantage Point, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    One community which benefited from congress ..it is Hindus... ..now modi is saying Congress is party of Muslims ... Irony
    The bigoted chief revealed his true color

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  • mahesh, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    dont spread fake news.
    Shaadi bhagya was for whom?
    Do you know?

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  • Mohammed, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Congress has always been the party for muslim men. shah bhano case, triple talaq case.
    what is there to be ashamed of ?

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  • prem, moodbidri

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Indirectly FEKU is saying to Hindus.... "Do not vote Congress"!

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  • Shankar, Bengaluru

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Yes, and we will vote again for him. What is wrong in this?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Modi tries to please the Majority by hurting Minorities ...

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  • roy pinto, mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    BJP PARTY MEMBER AND LEADERS ARE HINDU'S BUT ALL THERE DAUGHTER HUSBAND ARE MUSLIMS .......... why this kolaveri
    FOR EXAMPLE 1. Subramanian Swamy'S son in law .
    etc.......

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  • Ravi, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Naane Sakida Gini ,Nanna Kukkitallo ,you peoples thankless ,your family people survived b`cause courouges Bunts or Shettys when Tippu came to attacked read history ,now days you started attacking our religion and us.As a Shetty we will depend every one of our brothers with full force.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    chai, chai, pakoda, pakoda, pickles, pickles.

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  • Nash, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Shikanji Shikanji... Dhaba Dhaba... Today morning I woke up at night... Aloo Sona.. list goes on and on..

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    meen kari, meen kari & beef, beef......chai, chai, pakoda, pakoda, pickles, pickles,

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    BJP fortunately is the party for Muslim women after triple talaaq politics...!!

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  • Ramesh S, MANGALORE

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    ..it will be good if it happens so..TTL is faught for decades by muslim women, even once there was favorable judgement but Congress reversed it..a Muslim MP, anti TTL crusader resigned due to Congress double game..its irony that Congress (which says BJP is anti women) opposes change in TTL, their leader lawyers fight cases infavour of TTL/genital mutilation etc.. but few hand full of temples wont allow inside innermost sanctum termed as anti women, against human rights, congis give big lecture..

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  • mahesh, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    BJP had the guts to improve the lives of muslim women even though they didnt vote for them in 2014.
    Whereas congress has been always against muslim women.

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  • Dr. Haneef Shabab, Bhatkal

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    ..... and the 56" chest has no guts to call the woman his WIFE although legally married to her.

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  • Stevan, Udupi

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Because of this religious games only Congress is getting defeated everywhere, They must come out from their old logic , otherwise Congress mukt barath will be very near.

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  • roy pinto, mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    HELLO FEKU MODI IS BJP FOR HINDU'S ONLY ??????????

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    "There is no Muslim, Hindu, Christian party. There are political parties and they are political parties made up of human beings. It is good if the BJP was to discover what human beings are. They have spent too much time amongst those who are not human beings,"

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  • Valerian DSouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Don't favour any religion in the matter of justice.
    Rule should be maintained without fear or favour.
    Whether, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain Parsee or Jew.
    Appeased / pampered will be spoilt.
    There should be fair justice delivery system.
    Religion only in Home, Temple, Masjid, Church, Gurudwara or their respective places of worship.
    Not even in School, College, work place, Road etc.
    It creates only create conflicts of interest and give rise to disturbance.
    Religions purpose itself gets defeated.
    If many languages, colour and food habits people can stay harmoniously
    Many religion people also can live in harmony 😀

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  • Ramesh S, MANGALORE

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    ...but didnt expect Congress/Rahul will push someone like this ..yesterday HDK broke down at a meeting of his party, the Janata Dal Secular, claiming that the coalition with the Congress was painful and comparing himself to Lord Shiva, who had drunk poison..

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Even A K Antony's internal report post the 2014 drubbing of Congress had revealed that party was conducting blatant minority appeasement. However this report was not discussed internally by Sonia Maino, then Congress President

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  • El En Tea, Mumbai

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    Party of Muslim
    Dear Modi are they not Indian
    Congress is the party of Majority Hindus Muslims Christians Budhist and Sikhs.
    Cheap talk Communal speech didn't suit you PM

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  • D.Shetty, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    you should ask 70yr congi rule how they ruled india and why they created this mess

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  • Devkumar, Mangalore/New Delhi

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    muslim people in devastating state due to congress. only use them for vote bank. only shown RSSS during election as culprit.
    in gujraat muslim people happy with development in state growing together.

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 15 2018

    For the Prime Minister of our country to be indulging is such politics of Hatred and Division is deeply regrettable. Vajpayee also has been fro the BJP but he never stooped so low to conquer. In fact he united India like never before during his reign.

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