Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that Congress has set its ‘eyes’ on people’s hard-earned wealth, property and ‘mangalsutra’ of women, and plans to seize and redistribute it. Comparing the thinking of the Congress party with that of “Maoists”, PM Modi said that those possessing two properties, will see one of them getting seized by the Congress and the INDIA bloc, if they come to power.
Addressing a public meeting in Aligarh on Monday, PM Modi said, “I want to warn the countrymen. Congress and the INDI alliance now have set their eyes on your (people’s) earnings and your property. The ‘Shehzada’ of Congress says that if their government comes to power, they will investigate who earns how much, who has how many properties, how much money, how many houses. They will investigate all of it. Not just that, the government will seize all these properties and then distribute it.” The matter pertains to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statement, who recently spoke about the need to conduct a survey for more equitable distribution of the country’s wealth, which erupted into a political row. The Congress party later clarified that it didn’t mention “redistribution” in its manifesto and nor did Rahul Gandhi promise to redistribute the nation’s wealth. Party leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that Gandhi’s words were “misquoted” and asserted that the party favours a “comprehensive socio-economic caste census.”