Cites cases of Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand which are being toppled through unconstitutional and other underhand dealings
Thrissur (Ker) : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday launched her election campaign in Kerala hitting out at the Narendra Modi regime, saying democratically elected governments were being toppled through “unconstitutional and other underhand dealings.”
She also lashed out at the CPI-M-led LDF and said they were ‘anti-development’ and follow the “politics of violence.” Addressing an election meeting at the Thekinkadu maidan here on Monday evening, Gandhi said “Our democratically elected governments like in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are being toppled through unconstitutional and other underhand dealings.” Alleging that the BJP government was a threat to the universities, judiciary, NGOs and civil society, she said, “Universities have been put on notice, judiciary is being threatened, NGOs and civil societies are being silenced.” She said minorities, Dalits, women and tribals were also being troubled and political parties and other sections who oppose the government polices were being treated as “traitors.”
“The Prime Minister has plenty of time for his grand shows. When it comes to farmers’ sufferings, he just looked away,” she said while referring to the crisis faced by the agrarian sector, reports PTI. Coconut farmers suffered after the Centre refused to put restrictions on the import of palmolein and also declined to release money for Price Stablisation Fund, she said.
