'Don't read too much into it, he was trying to...': Rajnath Singh on PM Modi's 'mangalsutra' remark

On the incessant raids against the absorption leaders by the cardinal agencies similar the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Rajnath Singh said specified agencies operated independently and were autonomous.

“They were not allowed to relation earlier. They ne'er enjoyed the autonomy they were expected to get. We person fixed them autonomy. Just look astatine the worth of assets attached during the UPA and the NDA tenures. During UPA time, the worth of assets attached by the ED was lone ₹5,086 crore; during the NDA time, it was ₹1.2 lakh crore. Are we causing nonaccomplishment to the federation oregon doing good?" Singh told Indian Express.

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Further, Singh cautioned against misinterpreting Modi's mangalsutra remark. He said the PM was trying to simplify analyzable issues for the public.

"Don’t work excessively overmuch into the mangalsutra term. He was trying to marque radical understand. It’s a word everyone volition recognize erstwhile you privation to notation to gold. You (Congress person Rahul Gandhi) are talking astir a wealthiness survey…Why bash you privation to bash a survey?" Singh told the English Daily.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, portion addressing a nationalist rally connected April 21 charged Congress and said if Congress is voted to power, past they volition behaviour a wealthiness survey to prehend the assets of radical and instrumentality distant their life-long savings. PM Modi said your mangalsutra volition not beryllium harmless nether Congress rule.

On Saturday, erstwhile Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the BJP on with a fewer different leaders, including erstwhile MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Neeraj Basoya, and Naseeb Singh. On Friday, Indore's Akshay Kanti Bam besides joined the saffron party. Amid the Lok Sabha polls, respective different absorption enactment leaders JJP, Samajwadi Party, TMC, etc person joined the BJP.

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The absorption claims that the BJP is utilizing wealth powerfulness buying their leaders and weakening India's democracy.

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Last period Indian Express study mentioned that 25 salient politicians from the absorption ranks, who had been facing probes by Central agencies successful corruption cases, switched to the BJP since 2014. Of these, 23 leaders got a reprieve successful the cases from the probe agencies.

The absorption has termed the BJP a “washing machine," referring to the expanding improvement of politicians accused of corruption not facing immoderate probes aft switching implicit to the BJP.

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Published: 05 May 2024, 09:13 AM IST