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Singh, who arrived in Surat for poll campaigning, took the BJP head on and said it was ‘not a good sign’ for any political party to divide the country on communal lines.
Addressing a press conference, Singh rejected the charge of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi that the Congress was anti-Hindu.
"Congress has a history of 120 years. The Congress party is a gift of great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhai Patel. I think to accuse the Congress of any communal bias is an insult to the memory of our freedom struggle," he said.
He said the fact that ‘somebody is now trying to paint the Congress party in wrong colours is a measure of the fear and the uncertain future that faces them’.
"This is a sign of weakness and not a sign of strength," Singh said and emphasised that ‘it is not a good sign for any political party to divide our country on communal lines’.
In his address to the people before elections in the state on Dec 11 and 16, PM Manmohan Singh was very critical of the BJP government on the issue of law and order.
"I do not have much to say about the law and order situation here. If you are with the government machinery you are safe and if you are not with the government then God help you.
"Is the Indian Constitution not equal for everyone? Nobody in Gujarat can say that the government is providing security to everyone on the basis of equality."
To a question if the Congress would order a fresh probe into the post-Godhra riots and the fake encounter case, he said, "I can't comment on these cases as all are at various stages of investigation. Many of them are in courts. It would not be possible for me to comment on them. But I would say that every effort would be made to restore our people's confidence in the rule of law."
He said if the Congress came to power ‘all people will have a feeling that the government belongs to them and that the government is there to protect their rights and liberties of each section of our community regardless of their political affiliation’.
The Prime Minister also rejected Modi's allegation that Gujarat is being discriminated against by the UPA government at the Centre.
"This is totally false that Gujarat is being neglected. Gujarat is the beneficiary of the accelerated process of development that we have launched," Singh said.
Observing that the UPA government has laid a major emphasis on infrastructure, he said, "if you look at the highways, airports, if you look at the seaports, I think Gujarat is getting its due share and it may continue to get its due share."
He said the biggest beneficiaries of some of the programmes of the UPA government are non-Congress ruled states and cited the examples of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan in this regard.
Singh also accused the BJP government in the state with seeking to divide the people on narrow grounds and said such an attitude could be a handicap for the state to move forward.
Emphasising that the UPA government has treated all the states with the same yardstick, Singh said, "I, therefore, repudiate the charge that Gujarat is being discriminated against. Gujarat is an equal beneficiary of the development wave that is now sweeping all over the country."
Singh said the Narendra Modi Government was making false promises and announcing big projects. The time has come to effect a change in Gujarat, he said.
"Those who mislead you and resort to lies (jhoote log) should be removed," Singh said, adding the people had power in them to bring about a change.
The PM said Congress' ties with the people here go back to several decades and it was time they were revived.
Singh said, "help us to effect a change, vote for the Congress to bring in a change for a better future of Gujarat," which he described as a historic state.
The PM's election rally comes four days ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls on December 11, when 87 constituencies will vote. The second phase, covering the remaining 95 seats, will be held on December 16.
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Mr. clean is showing his real face and worth.He has started deliberately speaking untrue things and a craving for power.He has relished the taste now he is getting crazy about chair.How can he forget that it was and it is Congress party that has created divisions in the Hindu society through caste and minority slogans and caused animosity among different religions through appeasements and reservations.It the congress that gives people diffrent identities and its the Congress that is working against the norms of democracy.A person who never had gloves on won't know how to box.A person without guts and little courage can't challenge Modi who is fair fighter.Modi has achieved his position through own efforts and didn't as a get gift like PM Singh.The PM is talking about equality treatment in Gujrat while his Govt has created more frictions and is upto making laws to confirm and keep the people on inequality.He is talking about new probe into Post Godhra riots while the main reason of these riots was Godhra Kaand.He should emphasize on the root cause of the frenzied riots.Pity that a person who never won municpality election is today sitting in PM's chair.Fifty years long Congress has cheated the poor and innocent and now is the time to through this party and the communist parasites out of Indian politics.
God help those who are in congress. What Gandian ideology did in 1984 and now assisted in Nandigram by keeping silent are living proof. The language being used by Sonia is not a mere allegation but a calculated and well planed move. Sonia and PM has the intelligence reports that Congress is going to be routed in Gujrat and that's why they have played the communal card and successfully incited Modi to get some chunk of the Vote bank. Nevertheless the ploy will backfire. People of Gujrat will ensure that Gujrat is not made another Nandigram by congress and its collaborators.
Correct headline of Congress
If Dr. Manmohan Singh is true to himself and to the society he should put Jagdish Titler and his fellow congressmen in jail. Then only he can talk about Modi. What's wrong in Modi's statement? If Sonia Gandhi can call him "merchant of death" does Modi not have a right to reply in the same coin? If EC wants to initiate action against Modi then it should start from Sonia's speech. But what can expect of the poor Election Commission? With Mr.
Why give larger than life image to a man who is a rabble rousing demagogue? He has perfected the art of combining rhetoric with development. The more he is talked or written about the more publicity he gets as a strong man and a'vikas purush". He enjoys it to the hilt. The right course of action whould be to ignore him and show better performance both in the areas of communal harmony, development and greater transparency. His detractors have been wanting in energy, performance and transparency. Under the circumstances he manages to carry the day. Communal card alone is not sufficient to put him down.
Modi is one of the few real male politicians in India. A ststement from a paid worker, a real proxy will not affect him.
People of India, asks these politicians to work for the development of the Country. Do not get lost in all these. This is what this stupid congress government screwed up our life for 50 years. They are given power to work towards development, not to talk shit
Seems like Dr Singh is suffering from memory loss. I think Jagdish tytler is still out of jail and CBI (which works under PMO) is not even willing to charge him. And does Dr Singh believes West Bengal is not part of India? If not then why has he not issued any statement against what happened in Nandigram? Or is it Dr Singh believes that whoever is not supporting Congress and its allies is terrorist?
The context is Gujarat elections, stupid! All the issues you raised is still relevant. At the moment in Gujarat, the people are being given a choice to vote for a self-confessed murderer as Chief Minister. If you equate Gujarati pride to voting such a man, so be it. After all though Gujarat might be under dictatorship, India is a democracy
Normally i dont write in these forums, i find them junk.Just for this "pophead", kirgi raised the right issues. How does it matter whether context is Gujarat Elections? By your own logic PM's comments should be ignored, he is not contesting in Gujarat Elections is he?If a party has failed to act against its ppl for 1984 riots which were more horrifying as more ppl died than in 2002 riots, it cannot claim to be so nice as PM claims. So it is not a good choice for Gujarat's ppl.English media's obsession with Modi, is helping him. Modi wins b'cos he is pro-development. English media is obsessed, b'cos Modi had blown their egos in 2002 by winning. Indian English Media is immature b'cos they think like hollywood movies one party is good one party is evil and evil should lose. But things in real life are grey, in reality, Modi is not that much of a villian he is made out to be. English Media must mature and steer the debate to pure development. There are other strong reasons why there is communal hatred in gujrat, and the solution is development. Let development only be the reported thing in the news, let Modi win/lose on sheer development.If instead of sohrabuddin, some criminal named XY Patel would have died in encounter, would pseudos raise such hue and cry?In this question lies the answer why Gujarat opts for Modi, despite of he not protecting minorities during 2002 riots.
Why is this doggy media running scared of the truth? We will expose your dirty trick camapign and gutter journalism, if not careful. You better back off from villifying and demonising Modi. Your ulterior motive stinks. Where is your courage and conviction? Is it a joke. that your Media was labelled as Journalism of Courage? You should name your Media as PUSSCATMEDIA, for Jokers. It is amazing to the extent you go to fabricate lies.
What is this stupid Congress government has done for 50 years, they divided the country on communal and caste basis. Congress looted all the money for all these years. Why this Congress CPM is against the developments and against hindus. Why this Congress CPM learn from modi about how to develop the state and country instead of giving mindless political statements. Congress CPM talk about developments and please shut your mouth towards Lord Rama and Hindu sentiments.
Before making absurd remarks against Narender Modi,Manmohan Singh,the prime minister for Muslims in India,should think and realise that India,the nation he is supposed to be governing,is fighting a proxy war against Pakistan and his such stupid remarks strengthen the hands of Islamic Jihadis,exported to India by our arch enemy,Pakistan.It is ironical that the secularists like Teesta and her clan are endangering the security of the nation and yet they are allowed to roam freely and the patriots like Modi are hounded.GOD save the nation!
Sikhs getting slaughered in thousands = A MISTAKE. Hindus getting killed in Kashmir = Political problem. Muslims getting killed by a few hundred = Holocaust. Poor protestors getting shot in WB under Left Govt = Misunderstanding. Banning Parzania in Gujarat = Communal. Banning Da Vinci Code and Jo Bole So Nihaal = Secular. Kargil Attack = Government failure. Chinese invasion in 1962 = Unfortunate betrayal. Reservations in every school and college on caste lines = SecularReservations in Minority institutions = Communal. Fake encounters in Gujarat [Sohrabuddin] = BJP Communalism. Fake encounters under Cong-NCP in Maharashtra [Khwaja Younus] = Police atrocity. Talking about Hindus and Hinduism appeasment = CommunalTalking about Muslims and Islam = Secular. BJP freeing 3 terrorists to save 100 Indian hostages = Shameful Congress freeing 4 militants to save just a life of one daughter of it minister in Kashmir [Rubina Sayed] = Natural Political dilemma. Attack on Parliament = BJP ineptitudeNot hanging Afzal Guru the mastermind despite Supreme Court orders = Humanity and Political dilemma. BJP questioning Islam = Communal.Congress questioning Lord Rama existance = Clerical Error.
Din ka sadhu, rat ka chor is back in town,Bon Jour. You have not changed your habit,lieing through your back teeth, as normal.It is said that a leopord never changes the colour of its spot. P.M's denial is inconceivable and mind boggling.It is a well documneted fact that Congress party systematically and calculatingly,for many years chipped away at degarding Hinduism, they denigrated our religion,they desecrated our Gods,they ridiculed our civilisation,they acquiesced, colluded and collaborated with twisted and communal NGO's to disparage Hindus and their believes.They championed muslim causes and their rights over Hindus and their faiths, as if Hindus are inhuman and are second class humans, in their own country. Hindus Rights and their Freedom have bben trampled on without any justification.They and their henchmen have carried out social engineering to demoralise and mislead Hindus, by attempting to dilute and misguide the Hindus, by their namby pamby pseudo secular mumbo jumbo,polluted Hindu minds with wishy wasyclap trap.Congress party for years perpetuatedcommunal vote bank policy, turned the other way to muslim injustice,killing,carnage,oppression,appeased and pampared muslim thugs and rabid terrorism,to garner their votes,encouraged criminals to thrive and prosper, championed corrouption and sychophancy.Is this what this P.M. is boasting about.If P.M. does not he ought to know the future of India is ORANGE(SAFFRON).Soon the Rats will be deserting the congree's sinking and rotten ship. We challenge the P.M. to deny these points? Hindus have had enough and ready to assert their Rights and Equity.By the way, we do not need any retorts from any Hindu apologist cowards.
it is nothing new that whenever BJP claiming to be a party with a difference is caught on the wrong foot, it indulges in black-mailing and spreading false propaganda against the ruling UPA government. In defence of Narendra Modi who is openly revealing his communal, anti-Muslim doings in Gujarat, BJP is only displaying its narrow minded policy of casteism, creating divide in the counry on religion/communal basis. As a vote bank politics, BJP is spreading hate and discrimination against the Muslims there in Gujarat. By now, it is well known world over that Babri Masjid demolition and Godhra killings in Gujarat are as per the communal and anti-Muslim policy of BJP which Narendra Modi is patronising in Gujarat which is going to polls shortly.
Electronics Media, BIG[ 1 rupee coin sized] BINDI Brigade, UPA, Teestha Salavad [H.R. activist] etc wouldn’t be able to earn their daily bread n butter if it was not for Mr. Modi.You all know it is worthless to do bashing on someone is “NO-BODY”, the Media bites are only possible if the bashing is done of a person who is “SOMEONE”. Presently among all the states it is only GUJRAT that is racing ahead and all because it has some one who is leading from “Front Foot.”Why doesn’t NDTV, Teestha Salvad and all like minded people living in glass houses and worrying so much about the oppressed class carry out a crusade about the plights of J
Never in my life, I have seen such a shamelessand spineless prime minister. Maharaja Ranjitsingh, Guru Gobind singh and the list isendless. These were the men who were brave,courageous and self repected . Till todaywe Indians feel inspired by them. My heartbleeds when I see our P.M bowing before an uneducated and illeterate Italian waitress andher moron son. When a muslim terrorist is arrested, he has tears in his eyes, he can't sleep whole night. Hundreds of hindus have diedin Kashmir, Mumbai, Hyderabad ,U.P, Delhi because of bomb blasts and terrorist activities.Whenever such an incident occurs , our sardarsleeps well, and with a smiling face issues sermons to hindus, to maintain communal harmony.Sonia, manmohan and the leftists shoud be dumpedin the Arabian sea forever !
But Dr Manmohan, you not that bad as your Cong party!!
What is the credibility of this puppet, who does not have an ideology, lives and behaves like a meek dog, who is propped up by Godless Landgrabbing Butcher type Communists one one side and a completely immoral and rudderless Congress with single point agenda of staying in power at any cost on the other side. NOBODY BELIEVES HIM ANYMORE. HE SHOULD SHUTUP.
There is no difference between Al-Qaida and their BJP/RSS/VHP cousins. They both play the same looney tunes.Both the firms use religion to sheild their bad deeds.On the sides they sell opium, Bhagwan and petrol pumps.
BJP itself is anti - Hindu party, because its own MP's were taking bribes to ask questions in the parliament,their Babu Bhai katara is in jail for his involvement in human smuggling racket, their associate even tried to sell the defence secrets of India to any enemy of India, they were involved from head to toe in the petrol pump scam which was widely covered by EI, they sold profit making firms to own relatives just like petrol pumps were allotted to VHP/RSS clan leader.The list is very long.They even sold their votes to their arch rivals the Muslim leauge this was perhaps done to earn easy money.When ever the BJP speak then it reminds me of the film "chor machaye shor".
Man Mohan Singh do not see India beyond minorities. He loses his sleep on arrest of muslim terrorists. He wants to give first claim on all the resources to muslims. He removed troops from Kashmir and opened the borders for terrorists to enter. He started special recruit drive for muslims in defense,police,IB and RAW and thus playing havoc with 80 crores hindus life. He made vice president Ansaari who was praising muslim terrorism on hindus recently.India and hindus are unsafe under the rule of Islamist Man Mohan Singh. Terrorist Soharabuddin's life is more important than 3 lakhs kashmiri hindus who were killed by congressi muslim followers in kashmir.
You are right MR.PM. No political party should divide country on communal lines. But first practice what you preach. Just look at congress's history ever since it came to power. What is has done is divide India on communal lines. First congress divided Hindus and Muslims. Then fearing that Hindus outnumber muslims, congress divided Hindus into SC, ST, OBC etc. such that any division should not be more than muslims, who form your votebanks. Now congress has realised that it can come to power only from muslims votes and thus doing all anti Hindu activities. Why you and your madam are keeping afzal alive? Why wont you lose sleep when innocent kashmiri pundits are being murdered by your vote banks. Why did't you lose sleep when hindus were burnt in godhra train? Why did't you lose sleep during delhi, mumbai, varanasi and Hyderabad blasts? But you lose sleep when suspected terrorists are interrogated? You are afraid to speak against muslims because you fear you and your madam will lose your votebanks. Being communal is the birth right of every congress politician. It is a shame that, you are serving a woman, who’s family was behind 84 sikh riots.
Soharabuddin was in possession of AK-47 and RDX and was a terrorist. Congress and Communists are crying for him. Shameless SC was silent when 3 lakhs hindus in kashmir were killed by kashmiri muslims and 5 lakhs hindus had to leave kashmir and they are living on the streets of streets of New Delhi.
Man Mohan Singh's UPA govt has 102 MPs who are murderers, rapists, corrupts and criminals. How come Man Mohan Singh said that Muslims must have first claims on all the resources and he loses sleep on the arrest of muslims. Man Mohan Singh govt said Lord Ram do not exist and at the same time says oath can be taken in the name of Allaah whose followers are terrorists. Man Mohan Singh govt has started special drive to recruit muslims in police, army and para-military forces. Thus muslims terrorists and ISI would make our national security vulnerable. PM has removed troops from Kashmir so that muslim can create havoc on hindus in kashmir.Man Mohan Singh is encouraging islamic terrorism on hindus to gain muslim votes.
Our PM undoubtedly is a person of impeccable honesty and integrity. He has yielded to the pulls and pressures of politics. When Laloo himself resigned as Bihar CM because he was charge sheeted in the fodder scam, is he qualified to be an Union Minister? There are several standard the present government led by the more than a century-old Congress party has set for its such tainted ministers in the present Manmohan Singh Government.What is the UPA allies and other parties to follow? Rahul is still a Bachha and the media should be blamed for projecting him in all fronts. I feel media could do a lot by publishing what is right for the country rather than get carried away by the glamour of Rahul