Fatehpur: Addressing a poll rally in Fatehpur in UP on Sunday, February 19, PM Modi played communal card with Khabrastan-Shamshan remarks.
With his ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ slogan, the Prime Minister tried to communalise the atmosphere for political gains with his discrimination remark..
“Agar kabristan me bijli hai to shamshaan me bhi honi chahiye. Agar Ramzan mein bijli aati hai, to Diwali me bhi aani chahiye, bhedbhav nahi hona chahiye (If there is electricity in the graveyard and during Ramzan, it must also be available in a crematorium and during Diwali. There should be no discrimination),” Modi had said.
He said “Gaon me kabristan banta hai to shamshaan bhi banna chahiye (If there is a ‘kabaristaan’ (graveyard), there should be a ‘shamshaan’ (cremation ground) too.”
Gaon me kabristan banta hai to shamshaan bhi banna chahiye;Ramzan me bijli ati hai to Diwali me bhi ani chahiye;Bhedbhav nhi hona chahiye-PM pic.twitter.com/tOKd87XYna
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 19, 2017
400 mein Ek bhi musalman candidate nahin Bhedbhav nahin hona chahiye https://t.co/1dDSCwguA5
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) February 19, 2017
Goa mein Beef available ,Maharashtra mein Beef Ban,Bhedbav nhi hona chahiye Mitro, https://t.co/1dDSCwguA5
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) February 19, 2017
Zakia Jafri aur NAJEEB ki Maa Ko insaf Milna chahiye Yeh Bhedbhav nhi hona chahiye https://t.co/1dDSCwguA5
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) February 19, 2017
B4 kabristan & shamshaan, we should have a khel maidaan where Hindu, Muslim, & kids of other faiths can play together. #AllianceRattledModi
— Salman Anees Soz (@SalmanSoz) February 19, 2017
CPM leader Sitaram Yechury also slammed the Prime Minister.
This desperation to win state elections, by fanning communal divides, diminishes the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister.
— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) February 19, 2017
The Prime Minister is talking about everything. Kabrastan, shamshan, diwali, ramzan. Just don't ask him to talk about demonetisation.
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) February 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/Shehzad_Ind/status/833306674123321346
Modi's statement abt Kabristan is test of EC/3 commissioners ! Will EC take action ag Modi for his blatant communal speech ? I doubt ?
— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) February 19, 2017
Hmm. This is not quite 'Vikas' is it ? Seems to me these words proof BJP realises it needs a UP narrative despite Modi own popularity. https://t.co/NtZ8uZbNue
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 19, 2017
Achcha? I didn't know UP Hindus don't get electricity on Diwali. One learns so much from Modiji's speeches.. https://t.co/QciajL6POb
— rama lakshmi (@RamaNewDelhi) February 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShirishKunder/status/833284322442371073
#AllianceRattledModi
Hence shameless communal Modi is making direct attempt to polarise votes in UP. Modi is unfit to b PM n must n sacked pic.twitter.com/yvOPj9lwoc— Vinay Kumar Dokania (@VinayDokania) February 19, 2017