‘Not For Bharat But Pakistan’: Himanta Sarma Condemns Congress’ Lok Sabha Election Manifesto – News18

A day after the Congress party released its ‘Panch Nayay’ manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday alleged that the party created the manifesto for Pakistan and not India.

Claiming that the Congress manifesto was focused on dividing the society based on communities, Sarma while speaking at an election rally in Jorhat constituency, said, “This is politics of appeasement and we condemn it. The manifesto feels like it is not for elections in Bharat but for Pakistan.”

The BJP leader also said that despite Congress’s attempt to create a divide between communities, no Hindu or Muslim wants triple talaq to be back.

Sarma maintained that no person in the country, either Hindu or Muslim, wants the revival of triple talaq or supports child marriage or polygamy. “The mentality of the Congress is to divide the society and come to power,” the BJP leader claimed.

alleged that the Congress’ poll manifesto was more appropriate for elections in neighbouring Pakistan than for India. The Congress, on the other hand, said a turncoat like Sarma would not be able to understand the secular and inclusive ethos of the grand old party, and asserted that its manifesto aims to safeguard the interests of all sections of the society.

On Bharatiya Janata Party’s motto for the coming election, Sarma asserted that the saffron party has taken the form of an ‘Andolan’ and this movement is to make the country the ‘Vishwa guru’ (world leader). The CM also asserted that the saffron party and its allies would bag all 14 Lok Sabha in the state.

He said positive feedback has been received from the Dhubri constituency, regarding which Sarma had earlier been maintaining that the BJP-led alliance’s candidate will not be victorious.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took a dig at the Congress manifesto saying it carries the imprint of the Muslim League with “every page reeking of breaking India.”

‘A Turncoat Like Him…’: Congress Reacts on Sarma’s Remarks

Defending the secular ethos of their party in reaction to CM’s remarks, Assam Congress spokesperson Bedabrata Bora claimed that a turncoat like Sarma would not be able to understand the secular and inclusive ethos of the grand old party.

“Sarma had been in the Congress for several years but he could not understand the main ethos of the party. That is why he went to the BJP. Even after being in the BJP for some time now, he still tries to defame Congress to prove his loyalty to the saffron party,” Bora told PTI.

The Congress leader asserted that the party’s manifesto aims to safeguard the interests of all sections and rubbished the allegations made by Sarma.

Congress’s ‘Panch Nayay’ Poll Manifesto

The Congress on Friday released its manifesto, focusing on five ‘pillars of justice’ and 25 guarantees under those.

Right to apprenticeship, a legal guarantee for MSP, passing a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 per cent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs, a nationwide caste census and scrapping of the Agnipath scheme are among the promises made by the Congress in its Lok Sabha polls manifesto.

Alleging that the BJP has turned out to be a “giant washing machine”, the Congress also vowed that the allegations against those who had cases registered against them but were allowed to escape the law after they joined the BJP would be “revived and investigated”.

The Congress said that if it comes to power, it will probe demonetisation, the Rafale deal, Pegasus spyware usage, and the electoral bonds scheme and bring those who made “illegal gains” through these measures to justice.

(With PTI inputs)