Congress's black money is coming back in form of foreign funding of AAP party.
That will not make the argument 'batter'
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Kejriwal says communalism bigger threat than graft
Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said communalism is a bigger problem facing the country than corruption, the main platform of his Aam Aadmi Party and the central theme of much of his politics so far.
Addressing an audience comprising prominent Muslim academics and intelligentsia at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, Kejriwal sidestepped a question about whether he would fight against the BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections while other AAP leaders targeted the “communal” politics of the Gujarat chief minister.
“Communalism is a bigger problem in front of the country than corruption and it is never about people fighting each other. It is political parties who pit communities against one another for narrow electoral gains. But the truth is, neither has BJP ever done anything for Hindus nor Congress for Muslims,” Kejriwal said.
Although Kejriwal made a powerful pitch against communalism, the absence of Muslim candidates in AAP’s first list and his reluctance to commit to a face-off with Modi agitated some in the audience.
Accompanied by former journalist Ashutosh, who is set to fight on an AAP ticket from Chandni Chowk, and controversial former Delhi minister Somnath Bharti, Kejriwal said both Modi and the Congress stand for crony capitalism.
“Do not trust a man who flies down from Gandhinagar to meet victims of the Patna blasts but in 13 hours does not visit Gulbarg Society barely a few miles away,” Ashutosh said.
All three repeatedly said AAP does not believe in treating communities differently on the basis of their religion.
Asked whether he would take on Modi in the Lok Sabha elections like he had done with then Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Kejriwal said: “There is no certainty yet on whether Modi is fighting elections or not. Traditionally, Congress and BJP have never fielded strong candidates against each other’s top leaders. We bucked that trend for the first time by giving a tough fight to Sheila Dikshit. Even now we have fielded Kumar Vishwas who is a very senior AAP leader against Rahul Gandhi.”
When his displeased audience persisted with the demand, he said: “I can leave you with this promise that we will field a very strong candidate against Modi.”
On AAP’s first list having no Muslim names, he said once all names were out, there would not be any cause for complaint, “although we do not look at caste and religion when distributing party tickets”.
Kejriwal says communalism bigger threat than graft | The Indian Express
Modi is rising he doesn't have to bark on media like khujli and shinde do
Only AGENDA of this election is MODI
Cong against modi
AAP against modi
sp against modi
bsp against modi
RLD against modi
JDU against modi
JUD against modi
Pak against modi
China against modi
Shameless Modi made Gujarat Lokayukta act so weak that its useless.
The PM of India comes under the lokpal,The CM of Delhi comes under The Lokayukta.
Modi does not comes under The Lokayukta of Gujarat because Modi made Lokayukta act in which the whole state and officials, ministers comes under the Lokayukta but not the chief minister of Gujarat Modi.
have u heard about Vijendra Singh (the boxer ) stuck in allegations of using drugs???
Rahul hits out at Vajpayee, Advani for deriding his father
India Today Online New Delhi, February 24, 2014 | UPDATED 16:44 IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi hit out at senior BJP leaders former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani for deriding the achievements of his father and former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
Lashing out at the BJP for its habit of deriding Congress achievements and then trying to appropriate them, Gandhi said, "Senior BJP leaders, like Vajpayeeji and Advaniji, derided my father (former PM Rajiv Gandhi) as computer boy. Today, you have mobile phones in your pockets and this is because of his thinking which was ahead of his time."
Rahul Gandhi
"Everybody knows Congress brought about the White Revolution. Their (BJP's) leaders now say they brought about the revolution in Gujarat. They have now laid their hands on Sardar Patel who was very critical of the RSS," he said.
Gandhi, addressing a farmer's meet, called manifesto consultation session, in Sonepat district of Haryana, said it was part of the BJP's thinking to put people against people and garner votes. "In every state, they make one group the insider and all others outsiders. That's their politics," he said.
The Congress, Gandhi said, believed in playing fair politics. "For us, India is an idea," he said. "We believe in giving you all a choice rather than orders which is the BJP's way," he said.
Aiming to woo farmers, the Congress scion said, "The real empowerment of farmers will begin when they will have a say in ticket distribution. When MPs would fear that poor work will force them out. And I will do that in five-seven years."
Talking about corruption, Gandhi said, "There a lot of people who speak on this, and they only speak. But the root of corruption is the lack of people's representation. Today, roughly 500 people select all candidates for all Assemblies and Lok Sabha in a party. We have to raise this number to 10,000 and more."
Slamming the BJP for being a one-man party, Gandhi said, "They believe one man knows everything. They believe in concentrating power in one man. They believe one man can run the country. We believe in the opposite. We believe in decentralising power."
Responding to a question on forcible land acquisition in Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, Gandhi responded, "The land belonged to farmers. But it was taken away forcefully from them for making Formula One track which is used once every year. Even that is now closed."
"Bhatta-Parsaul is just one example. In Niyamgiri in Odisha, the same thing is happening, as elsewhere also."
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