He questioned why Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi did not condemn his statement.
Addressing a public meeting in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala, Nadda said Kharge spoke for over an hour in Parliament on Friday, but did not make any reference to the statement of his party MP who is also Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister (DK Shivakumar ) is also the brother of.
He said, “The opposition is demanding a caste-based census whereas we believe that there are four castes in the country – poor, women, youth and farmers. Plans have been made for their upliftment under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the country was taken from scam to success and from sports to space. “We are fortunate that after 500 years of struggle, the Ram temple was inaugurated and Article 370 (of the Constitution) has been abrogated,” he said.
He said that today the army has freedom to take action against the enemy. India, which was an economically weak country, is now among the top five economically strong countries in the world.
Attacking the Congress government for stalling development in the state, Nadda said that notifications of a total of 620 government offices, 19 degree colleges and 286 schools have been withdrawn. He said that the 'Him Care Card' is not being honored as Rs 200 crore is still to be given to the hospitals by the state government.
Taking a dig at Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu for saying there was no help from the Centre, Nadda said the Prime Minister had given Rs 1782 crore to Himachal Pradesh during the rain-related disaster between July to December last year, besides providing 11,000 additional houses. Permission has also been given to make.
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