Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar said that Tahwwur Rana, the main accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is a trick of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to extradite the US to ‘distract’ public attention from the central government’s ‘failure’ to fulfill various promises.
Kanhaiya Kumar also rejected the claim of Union Home Minister Amit Shah that Rana’s extradition is a major ‘diplomatic success’ for Narendra Modi -led government. Tahwwur Rana (64) is a close aide of David Coleman Headley, also known as Dawood Gilani and is one of the main conspirators of the 2008 attacks.
He said, “The BJP has no achievement to be told, so it tries to distract the issues of the public on some pretext. The Waqf Bill is another example of this. The government claimed that it was bringing this law to the benefit of poor Muslims. Who will believe this, while this government does not allow the people of the community to offer namaz on their roofs? ”
“We all remember his rhetoric after the removal of Article 370,” said the former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student union. Every BJP leader was saying that now people from Bihar and other parts of the country will be able to buy land in Kashmir. I can see a single person who has been able to buy property there since. In this demonstration, slogans were allegedly raised in support of the Kashmiri separatist movement. Former leftist leaders are visiting Bihar under the state -wide ‘migration’, job two padyatra ‘with the aim of raising public opinion on unemployment and migration.
Kumar contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from his home constituency Begusarai on a Communist Party of India (CPI). When he was asked about the allegation of the BJP -led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that the migration started in the state during the Congress rule decades ago, he said, “If we talk about the past, then we have to admit that people started migrating during the British Raj.” He went to Mauritius as a bonded laborer. His descendants are ruling that country today. ”
The Youth Congress leader said, “The big difference is that earlier people were migrating better, more promising situation, job. Now, they are doing this because they have no other option. According to data revealed during the Kovid-19 epidemic, 70 lakh migrants returned to Bihar after ‘lockdown’. Nobody knows what happened to him. ”Earlier this week, the padyatra received widespread public support when former party president Rahul Gandhi also joined Begusarai.
Kumar said, “Yesterday, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Sachin Pilot will join us in Patna.” He said, “I have also sought time to meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in front of whom I want to present a summary of the experiences received during the state visit. However, given the current situation, I suspect that he would agree to meet. “The Congress leader expressed disappointment over the allegations of Union Minister Chirag Paswan who accused Kumar of” divisive politics “with efforts to” disintegrate India “.
He said, “Like a lamp, I was not born to a top leader’s house. If they feel that I am so destructive, they should ask their government to put me in jail. He is a young leader whom I wish. If he raises issues according to his ability I am trying to highlight, I will really appreciate him. “Asked if the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav was invited to the padyatra at any level, Kumar said,” If there was any marriage in my family, I could have invited people. But this padyatra is not a feast. People are coming with us on their own free will. Rahul Gandhi also came on his own free will. Every person in Bihar is welcome to join us. ”
