PM Narendra Modi Exclusive Interview: PM Narendra Modi has strongly attacked the Congress manifesto in an exclusive interview given to Rahul Joshi, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of AnyTV Network. Here is an edited excerpt of the interview.
Rahul Joshi. In a rally in Rajasthan, AAP directly attacked the Congress manifesto. You even said that they have a plan through which they want to distribute the money. They want to find out who has how much savings, who has how much money, who has how much gold and silver and they want to distribute it between Muslims and infiltrators. Is this threat so real? Is that how you see it?
PM Narendra Modi. As far as the manifesto of Congress is concerned, can someone tell me whether the manifestos of political parties during elections are just a show? It is the job of the media to read the manifesto of every political party. I was waiting for the media’s comment on this. I had commented on the manifesto on the very first day. After seeing the manifesto, I feel that it has the imprint of Muslim League. I thought the media would be shocked. But he kept saying what Congress presented. Then I thought that this seems to be a big scam of the ecosystem and I have to bring out the truth. I waited for 10 days for someone to bring forward the evils of the manifesto because if it is brought forward in an unbiased manner then it is good. Ultimately, I was forced to reveal these truths.
Question. A video of 2006 is going viral, in which Manmohan Singh ji has said that poor Muslims have the first right on resources. He has said this clearly. You have also mentioned in the manifesto that he would like to take a part of OBC reservation and give it to Muslims and between 2004-2014 he has tried to do this four-five times.
PM Narendra Modi. You have asked a very interesting question. The answer will be long but for the sake of the country I have to tell you. You see the history of Congress. This demand has been arising since the 1990s. There is a very large section of the society in the country, which felt that something should be done for them, for this there were protests also. Before 1990, Congress completely opposed it and suppressed it. Then whatever commissions he formed, whatever committees he formed, their reports also started coming in favor of OBCs. They continued to deny, reject and suppress these ideas. But after the 90s, due to vote bank politics, he felt that something should be done.
So, what was the first sin they committed? In the 90s he decided to classify Muslims as OBC in Karnataka. Therefore earlier they were suppressing and defiling this idea, but for political gain they gave the label of OBC to Muslims. Congress was ousted from the centre. This scheme remained stalled till 2004. When Congress came back in 2004, it immediately decided to give OBC quota to Muslims in Andhra Pradesh. The matter got complicated in the court. The Parliament of India had decided to give 27 percent reservation to OBCs in accordance with the basic spirit of the Constitution. Now, they tried to grab this 27 percent quota.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 28, 2024, 18:43 IST