BJP trying to intimidate people, says Kharge; calls for united fight for ‘jal, jungle & zameen’

CONGRESS president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the ruling BJP of reneging on its pre-poll promises and asked people to remain united in the fight to protect their ‘jal, jungle and zameen’ (water, forest, land).

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He alleged the BJP was trying to intimidate "everyone" in the country and misusing central probe agencies against its opponents.

Speaking at a public rally titled, Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan-Jai Samvidhan' at Science College Ground in Raipur amid heavy rains, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha claimed the poor are being "looted" under the Modi government. Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kharge said he has time to visit foreign nations, but has no time to tour Manipur, which has seen ethnic clashes since May 2023. When our party's 85th plenary session was held in February 2023 during the previous Congress government in the state, ED and IT raids were carried out at the premises of our leaders and workers at the behest of Modi ji and S