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an average of 6.29% drop in turnout Telangana Chief Minister Re-
in the eight constituencies, when com- vanth Reddy said last month that the
pared to 2019 when the BJP won two Congress government in the state
of the eight seats. would protect the four per cent reser-
Now, Narendra Modi, who is the vation for Muslims in education and
main campaigner of BJP, is targeting employment.
the Congress party on other fronts. BJP’s slogan of 400-paar has oth-
Hitting out at the grand old party, er difficulties too as seen by indepen-
PM Modi accused the Congress of dent groups.
“looting” the country. “Today another The Bernstein Societe General
hidden agenda of Congress has come Group’s latest India Strategy report
out. Today Congress has said that it delves into the intricacies of the po-
will levy inheritance tax. The property litical landscape, analyzing various
that you have saved by working hard factors that could influence market
and facing hardships, Congress will sentiments and economic policies in
loot it from you after they form the the coming years.
government. Congress has become A pre-election euphoria is now
so disconnected from the social val- building up, with expectations of con-
ues of India and the sentiments of the tinuity in power further strengthened
Indian society that they have no idea by the possibility of the ruling party
of family values,” the Prime Minister coalition winning over 400 seats. The
said at a public rally. report suggests that the optimistic
Modi also hit out at the remarks scenario, where the incumbent gov-
made by Congress’ Sam Pitroda ernment secures a landslide victory,
about an ‘inheritance tax’ like law say- has become the new base case.
ing that the Congress does not want With projections ranging from
the countrymen to pass on their prop- 330 to 400 seats for the ruling coali-
erty to their children. “The advisor to tion, there seems to be a consensus
the royal family’s prince has said that among opinion polls that the Nation-
more taxes should be imposed on the al Democratic Alliance (NDA) could
middle class. Now these people have secure a substantial majority.
gone one step further than this, Con- Some polls even go as far as pre-
gress says that it will impose an Inher- dicting a staggering 411 seats for the
itance Tax, and it will also impose tax NDA.
on the inheritance received from par- However, amidst the electoral
ents. The property you have accumu- fervor, the report highlights several
lated through your hard work will not challenges that could impede the gov-
be given to your children,” the Prime Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy holds a mace during a rally prior to the nomination ernment’s ambitious targets. Various
Minister said. filing of Congress candidate from Secunderabad seat Danam Nagender for the Lok Sabha states across the country are grappling
“When the Congress manifes- polls, in Secunderabad on Wednesday (ANI) with socio-political unrest, including
to came out, I said on the same day agitation from different communi-
that the Congress manifesto had the ties in Gujarat and Rajasthan, farmer
stamp of the Muslim League on it. and Other Backward Classes. “BJP and TRS in Telangana and make reser- protests in Punjab and Haryana, and
When the Constitution was being has decided that they will end reser- vations for SCs, STs and OBCs,” Amit political upheaval in Delhi.
made, it was decided under the lead- vation for Muslims done by Congress Shah said at a public meeting here. Moreover, the report points out
ership of Babasaheb Ambedkar that that in the 2019 elections, the NDA
there would be no reservation on the secured an overwhelming majority in
basis of religion in India. But for vote key states, leaving little room for fur-
bank, Congress did not care about the ther gains.
words of these great men, did not care With almost 99 per cent of seats
about the sanctity of the Constitution captured in eight crucial states, in-
nor did it care about the words of Ba- cluding Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Bi-
basaheb Ambedkar,” the Prime Min- har, the road to expanding this strong-
ister said. hold to reach the coveted “Plan 400”
“Years ago, Congress had tried target may prove to be more challeng-
to give reservation on the basis of re- ing than anticipated.
ligion in Andhra Pradesh. Then Con- The report questions where the
gress planned to implement it all over additional 50 seats, required to sur-
the country. Congress said that reser- pass the previous election’s tally, will
vation should be given to some peo- come from. While the southern belt,
ple based on religion by stealing some particularly Andhra Pradesh, Telan-
part of the SC/ST and OBC quota,” gana, and Odisha, presents an op-
he added. portunity for growth, the report em-
Earlier, Union Home Minister phasizes that securing gains in these
Amit Shah said on Thursday that BJP Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, party leader Rajesh Lilothia, social activist and regions will not be a cakewalk.
will end reservation for Muslims in author Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd and others during the ‘Samajik Nyay Sammelan’, at Jawahar That could be another reason for
Telangana and provide the benefit to Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday (ANI) the BJP adopting a different strategy
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes in the middle of elections.
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