If Congress government comes, mothers gold, mangalsutra, properties will be taken away and distributed to Muslims - PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a scathing attack on Congress, said that, those who left Congress these days have pointed towards the Congress party’s manifesto and said that the party has gone into “grasp of urban Naxals.” in Rajasthan on Sunday.

Referring to reports about Congress' intention to redistribute wealth based on the population, if elected to power, the Prime Minister said the party would conduct a survey and they would not even let Mangalsutra remain with women and “will go to this extent.”

Recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said in Hyderabad on April 7 after the Congress manifesto was released, that if elected to power, Congress will also hold a “financial and institutional survey” to know who possesses the wealth of India. He said after this “historical step, revolutionary work will be done” to give people their rights based on the population.

Addressing an election rally here, PM Modi took several jibes at Congress and said the “royal family” of the party will not be in a position to vote for the party as Congress is not contesting the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat.

“These days those who left Congress tell one thing very seriously, they are all saying that Congress is no longer Congress, it has gone into the grasp of urban Naxals. Congress is now in the grab of Communists. One of our friends asked them how can you say this, they said look at their (Congress) manifesto. See the Congress manifesto of this election. What Congress has said in its manifesto is serious and worrying. And it is their attempt to implement the Maoist thinking. They have said that if Congress government is formed, there will be survey of property belonging to each person. How much gold our sisters have, that will be found out, calculated,” PM Modi said.

“Our tribal families have silver, that will be evaluated,…how much property government employees have, money, job that will be probed. Not only this, they have said that the gold that the sisters have, and other property, that will be distributed equally. Is it acceptable to you? Does the government have a right to snatch your property? Does the government have the right to take the wealth built by you with your hard work?” PM Modi asked.

He said the gold that mothers and sisters have is not for show only, it is linked to their self-respect.

“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(Manmohan Singh), 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, distribute 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 remain in your possession, they will go to this extent,” PM Modi said.

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.

"We will have to devise innovative plans to ensure that minorities, particularly the Muslim minority, are empowered to share equitably in the fruits of development. They must have the first claim on resources," Dr Manmohan Singh had said.

राजस्थान के मेरे परिवारजनों ने अगले चरण में भी कांग्रेस को सबक सिखाने की ठान ली है। बांसवाड़ा में विजय शंखनाद सभा को संबोधित कर रहा हूं। https://t.co/NwcFRCSOQv

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 21, 2024