Final Up to date:
Thiruvananthapuram, India
Chidambaram added that the Congress manifesto talks about job creation and wealth technology about which the CPI(M) is silent. (PTI file photograph)
Chidambaram mentioned there’s a ‘grave erosion’ of freedom of speech and expression occurring underneath the ten years of Modi rule and urged the individuals to ‘restore democracy’
Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Sunday lashed out on the BJP-led NDA authorities and mentioned the saffron occasion is now not a political occasion however has turn out to be a cult which worships Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Focusing on the Modi authorities, Chidambaram mentioned there’s a ”grave erosion” of freedom of speech and expression occurring underneath the ten years of Modi rule and urged the individuals to ”restore democracy”.
He additionally assured that regardless that the contentious Citizenship Modification Act (CAA) was not talked about within the Congress manifesto, it is going to be repealed as soon as the INDIA bloc involves energy. Chidambaram additionally expressed hope that the INDIA bloc will win all of the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the one seat in Pondicherry the place the elections had been over.
“The BJP constituted the manifesto in 14 days which isn’t titled manifesto. They known as it Modi’s assure. The BJP is now not a political occasion. It has turn out to be a cult and the cult worships Narendra Modi,” Chidambaram mentioned. He claimed that ”Modi ki assure” reminds everybody of the nations the place there was cult worship. ”That cult worship in India has began gaining energy and can result in dictatorship,” he mentioned. He alleged that there’s a gross censorship of the liberty of expression underneath the ten yr Modi rule. ”If Modi is voted again to energy for the third time, he might amend the structure… We now have to revive democracy,” Chidambaram mentioned.
He mentioned the gravest problem confronted by the nation was unemployment. Chidambaram added that the Congress manifesto talks about job creation and wealth technology about which the CPI(M) is silent.
”CAA can be repealed within the first session of the Parliament when the INDIA bloc involves energy,” Chidambaram added.
Keep Forward With all of the Lok Sabha Election 2024 Associated Actual-Time Updates At News18 Web site.
