Mallikarjun Kharge writes to PM Modi; seeks time to explain Congress’ Nyay Patra

April 25, 2024

New Delhi : Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought time from him to explain in person the party’s ‘Nyay Patra’.

In his two-page letter, the Congress chief said he is neither “shocked” nor “surprised” by the language used by the prime minister in his recent speeches.

Not surprised with language you used : Mallikarjun Kharge
“I am neither shocked nor surprised by your language or your speeches over the last few days. It was expected that you and other leaders from your party would start speaking in this manner after you saw the dismal performance of the BJP in the first phase of the elections. The Congress has been talking about the deprived poor and their rights (Nyay). We are aware that you and your government do not have any concern for the poor and dispossessed,” Kharge wrote to the PM.

Congress is taking about deprived and poor : Kharge
The Congress has been talking about the deprived poor and their rights (“nyay”), he said and added, “Your ‘suit-boot ki sarkar’ works for the corporates whose taxes you reduced, while the salaried class pays higher taxes. The poor pay GST even on food and salt and rich corporate claim GST refunds. That is why when we talk of inequality between rich and poor, you are purposely equating it with Hindu and Muslim. Our manifesto is for the people of India whether they are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Jain, or Buddhist. I think you have still not forgotten your pre-independence allies, the Muslim League and Colonial Masters.”

He further said that Congress has always served to empower the poor and the Modi government has looted the money of the poor through Demonetisation.

Seeking time to explain Nyay Patra to PM Modi : Kharge

“You are being misinformed by your advisors about things that are not even written in our manifesto, I would be more than happy to meet you in person to explain our Nyay Patra so that as the Prime Minister of the country you don’t make any statements that are false,” he said.