NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury skipping the recent meeting to finalise the name if the chief information commissioner (CIC) saying that the absence of the opposition leader has once again brought to the fore the anti-Dalit face of the Congress.
At a poll rally at Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Modisaid that the Congress leader skipped the meeting when he realised that the new CIC Hiralal Samaria is a Dalit from Rajasthan.“The Congress boycotted the meeting called to appoint Hiralal Samaria as the first Dalit chief information commissioner even though the invitation was given to Congress on time,” the PM said and added, “I cancelled the election tour and went to Delhi for the meeting.”
Prime Minister Modi alleged the Congress keeps abusing him everyday and slammed the party for having an “anti-adivasi mindset” as he cited its opposition to the candidature of the country’s first tribal woman President Droupadi Murmu last year.
The PM’s attack on the Congress came two days after the main opposition party claimed it was “kept in the dark” over selection of new CIC Samariya, the first Dalit to have been appointed to the post.
“The Congress has only one job—to hurl abuses at Modi day and night. By this, they are abusing other backward classes,” remarked Modi, who belongs to an OBC community. He said the BJP works for the welfare of Dalits, tribals and OBCs. “The BJP respects the aspirations of Dalits, tribals and OBCs. You all must have read newspapers that today reported a Dalit has become the chief information commissioner. I was in Delhi. I cancelled my election tour and reached Delhi (for CIC’s swearing-in),” he added.“We have made a Dalit from Rajasthan CIC for the first time. The Congress was supposed to attend the meeting (where CIC’s name was to be finalised), but it did not come. They were informed well in advance (about the meet), and had a talk over the phone (with them). But knowing that a Dalit is going to be made its (information commission’s) chief, they boycotted the meeting,” Modi alleged.
PM Modi said the Congress has nothing but dislike for Dalits and adivasis. “They hate Dalits. When we made a tribal the president of the country they opposed her candidature. When a Dalit was appointed the CIC, they opposed him, too. Thereafter, they spread lies just to gain sympathy,” stated Modi in a sharp attack on Congress.
A member of the selection committee for appointment of the CIC, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in a letter to President Murmu, has claimed he was “kept in the dark” about the selection of Samariya as the new CIC.
Former IAS officer Samariya was on Monday sworn in as the CIC by President Murmu. The panel also comprises the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha (in this case the leader of the largest opposition party – that is Congress) and a Union minister nominated by the PM.
At a poll rally at Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Modisaid that the Congress leader skipped the meeting when he realised that the new CIC Hiralal Samaria is a Dalit from Rajasthan.“The Congress boycotted the meeting called to appoint Hiralal Samaria as the first Dalit chief information commissioner even though the invitation was given to Congress on time,” the PM said and added, “I cancelled the election tour and went to Delhi for the meeting.”
Prime Minister Modi alleged the Congress keeps abusing him everyday and slammed the party for having an “anti-adivasi mindset” as he cited its opposition to the candidature of the country’s first tribal woman President Droupadi Murmu last year.
The PM’s attack on the Congress came two days after the main opposition party claimed it was “kept in the dark” over selection of new CIC Samariya, the first Dalit to have been appointed to the post.
“The Congress has only one job—to hurl abuses at Modi day and night. By this, they are abusing other backward classes,” remarked Modi, who belongs to an OBC community. He said the BJP works for the welfare of Dalits, tribals and OBCs. “The BJP respects the aspirations of Dalits, tribals and OBCs. You all must have read newspapers that today reported a Dalit has become the chief information commissioner. I was in Delhi. I cancelled my election tour and reached Delhi (for CIC’s swearing-in),” he added.“We have made a Dalit from Rajasthan CIC for the first time. The Congress was supposed to attend the meeting (where CIC’s name was to be finalised), but it did not come. They were informed well in advance (about the meet), and had a talk over the phone (with them). But knowing that a Dalit is going to be made its (information commission’s) chief, they boycotted the meeting,” Modi alleged.
PM Modi said the Congress has nothing but dislike for Dalits and adivasis. “They hate Dalits. When we made a tribal the president of the country they opposed her candidature. When a Dalit was appointed the CIC, they opposed him, too. Thereafter, they spread lies just to gain sympathy,” stated Modi in a sharp attack on Congress.
A member of the selection committee for appointment of the CIC, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in a letter to President Murmu, has claimed he was “kept in the dark” about the selection of Samariya as the new CIC.
Former IAS officer Samariya was on Monday sworn in as the CIC by President Murmu. The panel also comprises the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha (in this case the leader of the largest opposition party – that is Congress) and a Union minister nominated by the PM.
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