Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after the PM's personalised letters to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections on May 7.
In his letter, Kharge asked the PM to seek votes based on the performance of his government over the last 10 years, instead of indulging in hate speeches.
"Calling out his repeated lies in the election campaign," said Kharge while sharing a text of his letter to Modi on X, formerly Twitter.
Referring to the letter Modi wrote to NDA candidates, Kharge stated, "I saw the letter written by you to all the NDA candidates about what they need to communicate to the voters.
Our votebank is every Indian - the poor, the marginalised, the women, the aspirational youth, the labour class, the Dalits and the Adivasis.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after the PM's personalised letters to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections on May 7. In his letter, Kharge asked the PM to seek votes based on the performance of his government over the last 10 years, instead of indulging in hate speeches.
"Calling out his repeated lies in the election campaign," said Kharge while sharing a text of his letter to Modi on X, formerly Twitter.
Referring to the letter Modi wrote to NDA candidates, Kharge stated, "I saw the letter written by you to all the NDA candidates about what they need to communicate to the voters. From the tone and content of the letter it seems that there is a lot of desperation and worry in you which is leading you to use language that does not suit the office of the Prime Minister."
"You claim that reservation will be taken away from SC, ST and OBC and given to "our votebank". Our votebank is every Indian - the poor, the marginalised, the women, the aspirational youth, the labour class, the Dalits and the Adivasis. Everyone knows it is the RSS and BJP who opposed reservations at every stage since 1947," reads the letter.
"The letter makes it look like the lies in your speeches are not having the effect you intended and now you want your candidates to amplify your lies. Repeating a lie a thousand times will not make it the truth," Kharge added.
Stating that the voters are intelligent enough to read and understand what the Congress has written in its manifesto and what guarantees they have been promised, Kharge stated, “The party's manifesto speaks of Nyay and how they will bring growth for all sections of the society."
Kharge also challenged the prime minister or anyone he deputes to debate with them on their manifesto and the points they have made.
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