Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday urged people to vote for his party, asserting that a third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah would result in the poor, Dalits, and tribals being “treated like slaves”.
“Before Independence, the poor, Dalits and tribals were treated like slaves. If you give a third term to Modi and Shah, the same situation will repeat. We will become slaves again,” he said while speaking at an election rally in Maharashtra’s Dhule, where the party has fielded former MLA Shobha Bachhav against BJP’s former Union Minister Subhash Bhamre. The Lok Sabha seat in north Maharashtra will go to polls in the fifth phase of the election on May 20.
Stating that this election would shape the nation’s future, the 81-year-old Dalit leader said: “You have to vote for your own sake and your own people. We need to save the Constitution. This election will shape the future of the country. It is an important election.”
