Chhattisgarh election: Kharge targets PM Modi, says he does not want poor get power
Chhattisgarh election: Congress is using its full force to retain Chhattisgarh as the victory will be a great morale booster ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha election. On the other hand, the BJP is also fighting the election in a similar fashion to wrest power from Congress in the state.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the PM does not want the poor to get any power. He attacked PM Modi during his speech at public meeting in Sukma, Chhattisgarh.
"PM Modi does not want the poor to get any power. He keeps saying that he is a poor man and people (Congress leaders) cannot bear that he is a prime minister. He keeps making such statements. Did Bhupesh Baghel ever say that he is from the backward class? Did he say that the BJP is not bearing with him? Bhupesh Baghel never made any such statements," the Congress president said at the poll rally.
Kharge attended the Congress rally in Sukma to appeal to voters to vote for his party. The tribal-dominated and Naxalite-affected Sukma district has one assembly segment Konta, which is among the 20 constituencies where polling will be held in the first phase of the state elections.
"Let them say whatever they want, we will cross 75 (seats), not less than that. We will provide free education to children from primary to post-graduation, will give cylinders to women... The elected MLAs will decide (who the CM would be)," he added.