GG News Bureau
Thiruvananthapuram, 23rd April. Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat has voiced skepticism regarding the credibility of the Election Commission of India (ECI) following what she perceives as “a shocking statement” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Karat criticized the ECI for what she considers a lack of action in response to Prime Minister Modi’s alleged violation of Indian laws against inciting communal enmity and hate speech.
“The Prime Minister is a citizen of India. The Prime Minister is not above the citizens of India. The Prime Minister is not above the law of India. The Prime Minister has to accept the laws of India. When the Prime Minister violates the laws of India which are against spreading enmity between communities, against spreading hatred between a community, he should be taken to task by the law,” Karat said.
Expressing disbelief at the Prime Minister’s remarks, Karat described them as unfitting for a leader of a secular nation like India.
“It is an absolutely shocking statement coming from the Prime Minister. It is almost unbelievable that the Prime Minister of a secular country like India should speak in words, quite frankly, he speaks as though a communal bigot speech. It is not befitting the Prime Minister of India. In the elections, to use such language, a) It is hate speech, extreme hate speech,” she remarked.
Karat accused PM Modi of targeting a specific community and utilizing hate speech to garner votes during election season.
In response to PM Modi’s remarks, Karat revealed that she filed a police complaint against him, citing sections of the Indian Penal Code related to hate speech and communal violence. However, she expressed frustration that her complaint was initially refused at a local police station, necessitating her to send it directly to the Police Commissioner of Delhi.
Karat’s remarks came after Prime Minister Modi said that the Congress’s manifesto talks about taking “the gold of mothers and sisters” and distributing that wealth.
“Their Mangalsutra, the question is not of the cost of gold in it, it is linked to her dreams of her life. You are talking of snatching it in your manifesto…will distribute gold and redistribute. When it was their government, they had said that Muslims have the first right over the country’s wealth. Who will you distribute after collecting the wealth, distribute it to those who have more children, and distribute it to infiltrators. Will the money of your hard labour be given to infiltrators, is this acceptable to you? Congress manifesto is saying that they will calculate the gold of mothers, sisters and then redistribute the wealth to those whom the Manmohan Singh government had said that the first right to resources is of Muslims. Brothers, sisters, this thinking of urban Naxals, my mothers, sisters, they will not allow even your Mangalsutra to remain in your possession, they will go to this extent,” PM Modi had said at a rally on April 21.
PM Modi was referring to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks made in December 2006 that the minorities, particularly Muslim minorities, should have first claim on the country’s resources.
Kerala is gearing up for elections with all 20 Lok Sabha constituencies set to vote in a single phase on April 26th. Counting of votes is scheduled for June 4th.
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