Chaiwala became PM, because Congress preserved democracy: Mallikarjun Kharge

After four years of silence, leader of the Indian National Congress party in the 16th Lok Sabha,  Mallikarjun Kharge, opened up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘chaiwala’ comment on Sunday and said Modi became the Prime Minister of the country because the party preserved democracy.

Listing out various schemes of the BJP government and alleging that it failed on all fronts, Congress’ Maharashtra in charge said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been asking, at every function, about what the Congress has done for the country in the past 70 years. A chaiwala like him (Modi) could become Prime Minister because we preserved democracy.”

Attacking Modi and co. for their policies, the senior Congress leader from Karnataka said, “Modi speaks about the Emergency that happened 43 years back, but what about the unproclaimed Emergency in the last four years? Farmers are committing suicide, agricultural schemes are failing, farmers are not getting new loans and trade is on the slow track.” Adding further, “On the other hand, the government’s expenditure on advertising is unstoppable. ‘Acche din‘ will come into the lives of people once the Modi government is dethroned.”

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Kharge called BJP’s attack on the character of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi a deliberate attempt. He met with party leaders in Mumbai and asked them to forget the differences. He said, “Come together, fight together. We will definitely win the Parliament polls if the Congress wins in Maharashtra. Victory at the centre depends on Maharashtra.”

According to a party member, Congress would hold protests in all six divisions of the state in the last week of August or early September and Rahul Gandhi was likely to participate. The leader added that the party is trying to form a grand alliance against the BJP and it would also persuade the Left parties to join it in order to avoid a split in secular votes. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Congress Committee, meanwhile, launched ‘Project Shakti’ on Sunday which will enable voters to connect with the party and party president, reports NDTV.

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