May 06, 2019:

On Sunday, PM Narendra Modi launched a fresh attack on opposition parties saying their political culture didn't focus on country’s development and that Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP) & Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) tried to stall legislation against triple talaq, forcing Muslim women to live in fear.

The Prime Minister made the remarks at an election rally in Bhadohi, an east UP town that has a sizeable Muslim population. It goes to the polls on May 12.

Modi said that after Independence, the country saw four types of governance, political parties and political culture – vaampanthi (Communists), naampanthi (who promote dynastic politics), daam or damanpanthi (who use money and muscle power) and vikaspanthi (who follow the path of development). “The last one is vikaspanthi, which we have brought,” he said, adding that the priority of his government was the welfare of Indians.

Attacking the UP pre-poll alliance partners and the Congress, he said: “My government tried to free Muslim women from triple talaq but the Congress and its ‘mahamilavati’ (a term the PM uses to refer to the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in UP) companions tried to stop it. I will not let them succeed.”

The SP and BSP and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) have formed an alliance for this summer’s Lok Sabha elections. The alliance has left two constituencies – Amethi and Rae Bareli – for the Congress.

“I want to tell my Muslim sisters that triple talaq is not practised in many Muslim countries. We want to give the same rights to our sisters which women enjoy in many Muslim countries,” Modi said.

“We don’t disregard anyone’s religious feelings. We go by the Constitution. Be it a man or woman, the Constitution gives equal right to everyone. We are working for justice and equal rights to women.”

“Mahamilawat means chaos and corruption. Only the BJP can effectively develop UP,” he said.

Modi said he ensured the release of 850 Indians from Saudi jails after discussing the matter with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to India.

Speaking about the strikes across the Line of Control (LoC), Modi said the move made every Indian proud but the ‘mahamilavatis’ were not ready to accept India’s success.

“They (opposition parties) are saying that Modi ensured a ban on Masood Azhar because of elections. The Congress and its friends look at everything from an election point of view,” he said.

A day after Modi charged the SP with going soft on the Congress as part of a “big game” against the BSP, the two “mahagathbandhan” partners blamed the PM on Sunday for trying to create a rift in the alliance.

BSP chief Mayawati said the alliance “will continue in the future as well”, while SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said the prime minister was “misleading” people.

Their rebuttal came against the backdrop of Modi saying at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh on Saturday that the SP was “going soft” on the Congress, though Mayawati was attacking the party.

He also said that the SP had benefitted due to the alliance and Mayawati had now understood that the Akhilesh Yadav-led party and the Congress were playing a “big game” with her.

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