'Sad that such things...': Dimple Yadav takes on PM Modi over 'Mangalsutra & Muslims' remarks

The Samajwadi Party leader was referring to Modi's allegations at an election rally that if the Congress came to power, it would redistribute the wealth of people to Muslims

Launching an attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mangalsutra' and 'Muslims' remarks, SP leader Dimple Yadav said that the current situation in the country is very sad.

“I think it is a very sad situation of the country that such things (mangalsutra and Muslims) are being said by someone who is at the top of the BJP leadership and someone who is at the top post of the country," she said in conversation with News18.

Dimple Yadav further added that it is unfortunate for the country that divisive politics is being used and the whole world knows now that whenever elections come then only such things are said to influence people and take their attention away from the major issues so that they get distracted.

"I feel that 10 years of the Modi government and seven years of the Yogi government have caused inflation and unemployment in the country, and women are no longer safe. People are understating all this," she stated.

The Samajwadi Party leader was referring to Modi's allegations at an election rally that if the Congress came to power, it would redistribute the wealth of people to Muslims and cited former prime minister Manmohan Singh's statement that the minority community had the first claim on the country's resources.

"They won't even spare your 'mangalsutra'," Modi had said in Banswara, Rajasthan. The SP and the Congress are a part of the opposition INDIA bloc and are fighting the Lok Sabha polls together in Uttar Pradesh.

"The Congress manifesto says they will calculate the gold with mothers and sisters, get information about it and then distribute that property. They will distribute it to whom - Manmohan Singh's government had said that Muslims have the first right on the country's assets," he claimed.