Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Monday, lashed out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his controversial remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi callling it ‘disgraceful and distasteful’.
While addressing a rally in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the Assembly polls, Kharge had said that he would live long enough to remove PM Narendra Modi from power. Reacting sharply to his remarks, the Home Minister said that Kharge had unnecessarily dragged PM Modi into matters concerning his personal health.
Posting on X, Amit Shah wrote, “Yesterday, the Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Ji has outperformed himself, his leaders and his party in being absolutely distasteful and disgraceful in his speech. In a bitter display of spite, he unnecessarily dragged PM Modi into his personal health matters by saying that he would die only after removing PM Modi from power.”
He added that the comments prove the hatred embedded in the minds of the Congress party against the Prime Minister. He continued saying, “It just shows how much hate and fear these Congress people have of PM Modi, that they are thinking of him constantly. As for the health of Mr. Kharge Ji, Modi Ji prays, I pray and we all pray that he lives a long, healthy life. May he continue to live for many years and may he live to see the creation of a Viksit Bharat by 2047.”
The recent controversy began when Mallikarjun Kharge fainted while addressing a poll rally at Jasrota in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. He resumed his speech after regaining consciousness and proceeded to attack the PM. “I am 83 years old. I am not going to die so early. I will stay alive till (Prime Minister) Modi is removed from power. I will listen to you. I will fight for you. I wanted to talk. But due to dizziness, I have sat down. Please pardon me,” said the Congress president.
जब तक मोदी को नहीं हटाएँगे …तब तक मैं ज़िंदा रहूँगा,
आपकी बात सुनूँगा… आपके के लिए लड़ूँगा !! pic.twitter.com/M58zGxVNuX
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) September 29, 2024
Responding to Kharge’s speech, Congress leader Pawan Khera went on to call the comments patriotic. While BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan said “Mr Kharge’s personal toxic remark against PM Modi exposes the poison-filled mentality of Congress leadership. His master’s voice is that of (Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP) Rahul Gandhi who at every opportunity tries to demean and insult the Prime Minister,” reported PTI.