War of Words Erupt Between Congress and BJP Over PM Modi's 'Those Who Have More Children' Remark

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was lying and trying to divert people's attention from real issues after the later said that the Congress will re-distribute the country's wealth to "those who have more children" at an election rally in Rajasthan's Banswara.

As the war of words intensified between two camps on who is lying, the BJP hit out with a tweet of a 2006 video of then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh where he is heard saying that Muslims have the primary claim on the country's resources.

In the video, Singh is heard saying, "We will have to devise innovative plans to ensure that minorities, particularly the Muslim minority, are empowered to share equitably in the fruits of development. They must have the first claim on resources."

Cornering Congress on Manmohan Singh's statement, PM Modi, in the same rally, said, "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."

Rejecting PM Modi's claims, Rahul Gandhi soon took to X and wrote, "After the disappointment in the first phase of voting, the level of Narendra Modi's lies has fallen so much that out of fear, he now wants to divert the attention of the public from the issues. Trends have started coming in regarding the immense support that Congress's 'Revolutionary Manifesto' is receiving. The country will now vote on its issues, vote for its employment, its family and its future."

Throwing an open challenge to BJP, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera asked PM Modi to show any mention of the word Hindu or Muslim in the party's manifesto. Posting a video on X, Khera said in a video, “We challenge the Prime Minister to show us if the word Hindu or Muslim is written anywhere in our manifesto. This kind of lightness is there in your mentality, in your political values. We talked about justice for the youth, women, farmers, tribals, middle class and workers. Do you object to this as well?”