As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders accuse the Congress of promising in its manifesto that it will redistribute resources in the country and give them to Muslims, specifically mentioning land, gold, women’s mangalsutras, the Congress has accused the saffron party of spreading lies and misinformation.
Amitabh Dubey, member of the Congress’ manifesto committee, tells The Wire‘s Sravasti Dasgupta that the Congress manifesto does not talk about redistributing resources or taking land away from anyone, but instead talks about analysing where government funds go, along with increasing representation.
Dubey said that with the low voter turnout in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is attempting to distract voters from key issues of unemployment and inflation by communalising the election.
