Cong hits back with 'Modi Mukti Diwas'

New Delhi, NT Bureau: The Congress on Friday slammed the government's move to de - clare June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' as yet another 'headline grabbing exercise in hypocrisy' by Prime Minister Modi.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also accused the BJP of insulting Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar by using a word like 'murder' with the 'sacred word Constitution'.

Taking a swipe at the government over the decision, the opposition party said that people will observe 'Aajivika Hatya Diwas' on November 8, the day demonetisation was announced in 2016. Kharge alleged the BJP wants to implement 'Manusmriti' by erasing the Constitution so the rights of Dalits and backward classes can be attacked.

In a post, he said, "Narendra Modi ji, in the last 10 years, your government has marked 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas' everyday. You have snatched self-respect from every poor and deprived section every moment."

Congress General Secretary (In-charge, Communications), Jairam Ramesh said, "Yet another headline grabbing exercise in hypocrisy by the non-biological PM who had imposed an undeclared Emergency for ten long years before the people of India handed him a decisive personal, political, and moral defeat on June 4, 2024 - which will go down in history as Modi Mukti Diwas."