Guwahati, Oct 26 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the opposition party had distanced itself from Indian culture and adopted the culture of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Kharge sparked controversy on Sunday by saying “Modi ka baap bhi jayega” (even Modi’s father will go), in response to an audience member who asserted that the prime minister would not go anywhere.
“It is nothing new for Mallikarjun Kharge to insult people. He had insulted Dr Bhupen Hazarika… Today, he has criticised Narendra Modi by dragging his deceased father,” Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of a programme.
The chief minister also alleged that Kharge’s son and Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge had criticised the people of Assam when the semiconductor plant was announced in the state.
“I think the main reason for the fall of the Congress party is that it has moved too far away from our culture, civilisation and behaviour. It has embraced the culture and civilisation of Pakistan and Bangladesh as its own, distancing itself from Indian culture,” Sarma said.
People were “disliking” the party and “rejecting” it in elections for this reason, he claimed.
“When they lose, they call it ‘vote chori’. I don’t think there is anything more about the Congress party that I should comment on,” he added.
The controversy erupted during an event in Patna organised to mark the 139th birth anniversary of Bihar’s first chief minister, Shri Krishna Singh.
Kharge said the Congress would send to jail those allegedly involved in irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
When an audience member responded that PM Modi would not go anywhere as long as there was no rebellion, the Congress president retorted, “Modi ka baap bhi jayega”.
(PTI News)
