BJP Slams Congress for Misleading Campaign Tactics

The BJP alleges the Congress resorts to lies and appeasement politics due to broken trust during its past rule. The BJP highlights Prime Minister Modi's achievements, including India becoming the third largest economy, while criticizing the Congress' claims of growing inequality and plans for wealth redistribution. The Congress' promotion of religion-based reservations is denounced, with the BJP asserting its opposition and support for reservation protections for marginalized groups. The BJP emphasizes the low inflation and record GST collection as indicators of economic progress under Modi's leadership, outlining plans to strengthen the economy further.

The Congress has been carrying out a ''desperate campaign of lies, misinformation and appeasement politics'' for votes in the Lok Sabha polls as it is left with no other option after having betrayed the people's trust repeatedly during its rule in the past, the BJP alleged on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference here at the BJP headquarters, senior party leader and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put the country on the path of progress in the last 10 years and India became the third largest economy in the world under his leadership from the ''fragile five'' during the UPA rule.

''The Congress, which was given multiple opportunities by the people to serve them, has betrayed their trust repeatedly and is today left with no other alternative but (to carry out) a desperate campaign of lies, misinformation and appeasement politics,'' he charged.

While the BJP's campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls is based on the ''performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi'', the Congress is not speaking a word on the 10 years of the UPA rule but is spreading lies on various issues including reservation to SCs, STs and OBCs, Chandrasekhar said.

The BJP leader dismissed as false propaganda the Congress' claim that the BJP was seeking 400-plus seats in the parliamentary elections because it wants to change the Constitution and end the provisions made to provide reservation to the SCs, STs and OBCs.

He alleged that the Congress is trying to build a ''false narrative''. It is spreading this ''lie'' while visiting every archbishop, Christians and Muslims, he charged.

''We protect the reservation. They want to provide religion-based reservation to which the BJP is completely against. The people are aware of this fundamental difference between the BJP-led NDA and the Congress,'' he added.

Chandrasekhar also took on the Congress over its ''redistribution of wealth'' poll promise and said, ''At a time when we are making policies to empower the youth and enable them to achieve their aspirational goals, the Congress has brought Marxist economic policy of redistribution of wealth.'' Addressing the press conference, BJP national spokesperson Sayed Zafar Islam highlighted the Modi government's achievements in the last 10 years and hit out at the Congress over its claim of growing inequality during NDA rule.

''The Indian economy is growing at a faster pace. The Congress and its economists talk about equality and inequality while in reality, inequality is the lowest in the country today,'' he said.

''While there was double digit inflation during the UPA rule, it is the lowest at 3.2 per cent today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi controlled inflation and did not let it rise in the last 10 years,'' the BJP leader added.

BJP national spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal also slammed the Congress and said the ''record-breaking'' GST collection of Rs 2.10 lakh crore in April is a strong indication that the Indian economy is ''steadily'' progressing towards becoming the world's third-largest economic power.

''Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, over the past 10 years, the Indian economy has not only accelerated domestic growth but has also emerged as a growth engine for the global economy,'' he told the press conference.

Agarwal said Modi, during his first term as the prime minister, addressed the issues of ''corruption and leakages'' in the government schemes.

''In the second term, he laid a strong foundation for the Indian economy. Now, for his third term, Prime Minister Modi has a clear vision and roadmap to propel India to become the world's third-largest economy,'' he added.

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