Modi Draws from Manmohan Singh's Words to Criticize Congress; Party Hits Back

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address in Rajasthan's Banswara has ignited a storm of controversy, particularly regarding his remarks about Muslims, prompting leaders from the opposition bloc to accuse him of deflecting attention from substantive matters.

"This 'urban Naxal' mindset, mothers and sisters, they will not even leave your 'mangalsutra'. They can go to that level... The Congress manifesto says they will calculate the gold with mothers and sisters, get information about it, and then distribute that property.

They will distribute it to whom - Manmohan Singh's government had said Muslims have the first right on the country's assets," PM Modi stated during the rally on Sunday. "It will be distributed to infiltrators. Should your hard-earned money go to infiltrators? Do you approve of this?" he questioned. Reacting to PM Modi's critique of Dr. Singh, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi took to the microblogging website X, accusing the Prime Minister of attempting to deflect public attention from pertinent issues.

"After the disappointment in the first phase of voting, the level of Narendra Modi's lies has fallen so much that out of fear, he now wants to divert the attention of the public from the issues. Trends have started coming regarding the immense support that Congress's 'Revolutionary Manifesto' is receiving," Gandhi remarked in the post.