Congress 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, Kharge said that the PM's advisors had misinformed him about the things that were not even mentioned in the Congress manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections.
'Nyay Patra' aims at providing "justice" to youngsters, women, farmers, labourers and marginalised people across all castes and communities.
"It has become your habit to seize on a few words taken out of context and create a communal divide. You are lowering the dignity of the chair by speaking in this manner," Kharge said in his letter.
The letter further added, "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 prime minister of the country, you don't make any statements that are false," Kharge said.
Kharge also expressed his shock over the language used by the PM in his recent speeches.
"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," read the letter.
Kharge also hit out at Modi and his party by saying that Congress has been talking about the deprived poor and their rights, while "We are aware that you and your government do not have any concern for the poor and dispossessed."
"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 the rich corporate claim GST refunds. That is why, when we talk of inequality between the rich and the poor, you are purposely equating it with Hindu and Muslim," Kharge claimed.
"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 charged.
(With PTI inputs)
