Narendra Modi, Amit Shah will never go to heaven: Mallikarjun Kharge on BJP leaders taking dip in Ganga

BJP calls Congress president ‘anti-Sanatan’; demands Sonia and Rahul Gandhi to apologise to every Sanatani for Kharge's remarks

Mhow (MP): On a day Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a dip at the Triveni Sangam, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday alleged that BJP leaders were competing for the cameras and asked if poverty could be removed by such an act. He also claimed that Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would “never go to heaven even in a hundred lives” as they had committed many sins, prompting the BJP to accuse him of being “anti-Sanatan”.

The saffron party also demanded that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi apologise to “every Sanatani” for Kharge’s remarks.

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Addressing the ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’ rally in this Madhya Pradesh town, Kharge said BJP leaders kept taking dips in the Ganga until it appeared good on the cameras. He also said he was not questioning anyone’s faith and extended his apology if he hurt anyone with his comment. “Don’t fall into the trap of false promises of (Narendra) Modi. Is poverty ended by taking a dip in the Ganga? Does it fill your stomach? I don’t want to question anyone’s ‘aastha (faith)’. If anyone feels bad, I apologise,” Kharge said. “But tell me, when a child is dying of hunger, is not going to school, labourers are not getting their dues, at such a time, these people are spending thousands of rupees and competing for taking dips (in the Ganga),” the Congress chief said.

They keep taking dips till it appears good on the camera, he said. “Such people cannot benefit the country. Our faith is in God — people perform ‘puja’ at home every day, all women move out of their homes after performing ‘puja’, there is no issue. But we have an issue with the poor being exploited in the name of religion,” Kharge said.

He also took a swipe at Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha. Kharge said, “This is their mindset. This is their respect to Babasaheb Ambedkar. So beware them. Those people want to wipe us out… Do you want to live or get wiped out? If you want to stay alive, then fight… If you fight, people like Amit Shah will run away.”

“Babasaheb, who gave the Constitution, fought for the people and saved them, it (BJP) says … ‘Ambedkar, Ambedkar kitni baar bolte ho, itni baar bhagwan ka naam lete toh aap saat janam tak swarg mein jaate (Had they taken God’s name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven for seven lives)’,” the Congress chief said, referring to Shah’s remarks in the Rajya Sabha during a debate on the Constitution last month. “‘Arre tum toh itna paap kiye ho. Modi ji aur Shah milke itna paap kiye hain woh saat janam kya sau janam mein bhi swarg mein nahi ja sakte. Kabhi nahi… Aur logon ke shrap se inhe narak hi milega (Modi and Amit Shah have committed so many sins that they cannot go to heaven even in 100 lives. Never. They will get hell due to people’s curse)’,” Kharge said.