Former prime minister Manmohan Singh had introduced out the mainstream politician spirit in him throughout the 2024 Lok Sabha elections when he slammed his successor, Narendra Modi, for giving “hateful speeches” throughout the ballot campaigning.
Brushing apart his comfortable, aged picture and important well being circumstances, Manmohan Singh took a daring stance towards the present prime minister.
The 92-year-old Congress chief handed away in Delhi on Thursday night time after being dropped at AIIMS in a crucial situation.
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Forward of the seventh and ultimate section of voting for the final elections on June 1, the architect of India’s financial reforms had appealed to voters of Punjab, asserting that solely Congress may cleared the path to a growth-oriented future the place each democracy and the Structure are safeguarded, information company PTI reported.
He slammed the Bharatiya Janata Celebration-led central authorities for an “ill-conceived” Agnipath scheme for the Armed forces, describing it as a menace to nationwide safety.
“The BJP thinks that the worth of patriotism, bravery and repair is barely 4 years. This reveals their pretend nationalism,” Singh stated in a letter.
The grand previous get together launched the previous PM’s letter, thought-about to be his final to the Punjab voters, to the media on Might 30 amid peak election chaos within the nation.
He accused the outgoing regime of Narendra Modi of “woefully” betraying those that educated for normal recruitment within the military.
“The youth of Punjab, the son of the farmer, who desires of serving the motherland by way of the Armed Forces, is now pondering twice about getting recruited just for a 4-year stint. Agniveer scheme endangers nationwide safety. Congress get together has subsequently promised to abolish the Agniveer scheme,” Manmohan Singh had written.
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Launching a scathing assault on PM Modi, Singh famous that he had been carefully following the political discourse throughout the ballot campaigning and witnessed that “Modi ji has indulged in probably the most vicious type of hate speeches, that are purely divisive in nature”.
“Modi ji is the primary prime minister to decrease the dignity of public discourse, and there gravity of the workplace of the prime minister,” he had added.
Singh additional stated that there was no PM within the historical past of India who used such “hateful, unparliamentary and coarse phrases”, which have been geared toward a selected part of the society or the Opposition.
“He additionally attributed some false statements to me. I’ve by no means in my life singled out one neighborhood from the opposite. That’s the sole copyright of the BJP,” the previous PM’s fierce phrases learn.
Singh had described the scenario to be peak of “this narrative of dehumanisation”, including that it’s the individuals’s responsibility to avoid wasting the beloved nation from “these forces of discord”.
He had urged voters to choose for growth and inclusive progress and to provide love, peace, fraternity and concord an opportunity in India.
“I attraction to all of the younger minds to train warning and vote for a brighter future. Solely Congress can guarantee a growth-oriented progressive future, the place democracy and the Structure shall be safeguarded,” Singh had stated.
Notably, prime minister Narendra Modi had on the time accused Manmohan Singh of claiming that Muslims have the primary proper on the assets of India. To this, the previous PM responded and stated that individuals of the nation are seeing by way of all this.
Noting that the nation was standing at a vital juncture and that too within the final section of voting, Singh reiterated the necessity to make sure the safety of Structure and democracy “from the repeated assaults of a despotic regime, attempting to unleash dictatorship in India”.
Additional, Singh lauded Punjabis as warriors and slammed the BJP authorities, saying that it left no stone unturned in “castigating Punjab, Punjabis and Punjabiyat”.
“As if the lathis and the rubber bullets weren’t sufficient, none lower than the Prime Minister verbally assaulted our farmers by calling them ‘Andolanjeevis’ and ‘Parjeevi’ (Parasites) on the ground of the Parliament. Their solely demand was the withdrawal of the three farm legal guidelines imposed on them with out consulting them,” he had stated.
He in contrast the UPA regime with the Modi authorities, saying that the Congress-led administration had elevated the buying energy of individuals regardless of challenges. Whereas, the BJP-led Centre’s “misrule” resulted in depletion of family financial savings to a historic 47-year low.
(with PTI inputs)
