Lucknow, May 15: Opposition parties’ allegations that the BJP will end reservations if it comes to power again is a lie, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday.
Addressing a public meeting organised in support of the BJP candidate from Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha seat, Kaushal Kishore, Singh targeted the Congress and Samajwadi Party saying the parties were attempting to fool the people during elections.
“A rumour is being spread by SP and Congress leaders. They are lying to the people that if the BJP government comes to power, reservation will end. The truth is that reservation will never end,” the Union minister said.
“I want to tell the Congress and SP that people are like God. Don’t lie to them. If you want to do politics then do it by speaking the truth. You want to do politics by throwing dust in the eyes of the public,” Singh said.
The defence minister urged the voters to “rise above party sentiments” this election and vote “not for us but for the country”.
“Lakshmi ji never come to the house riding a bicycle (SP’s election symbol), or waving her hand (Congress’ election symbol) nor does she ever come to the house on an elephant. When Lakshmi comes home, she comes sitting on a lotus flower (BJP’s election symbol),” the minister said.
Singh said, “Today, Samajwadi Party’s condition is such that the chain of its bicycle has now come off. The condition of Congress is getting worse day by day. Sometimes I worry about what has happened to such a big and old party in the country.”
“I think that after 10 years if you ask any child about Congress, he will ask, ‘Which Congress’? Just as dinosaurs have disappeared from the whole world, I think Congress will also disappear from Indian politics,” he said.
Singh also targeted the Congress claiming that former Pakistan minister Fawad Hussain had praised its leader Rahul Gandhi.
