‘Congress creating fear psychosis in minds of Muslims’: PM Modi | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targeted Congress for their defeat in the Haryana Assembly elections, accusing the grand old party of deliberately creating a “fear psychosis” among Muslims as part of its strategy to secure its vote bank.
Speaking at an event where he laid the foundation stone for several development projects worth over Rs 7,600 crore in Maharashtra via video conference, PM Modi said that Congress’s divisive tactics target the Hindu community through caste-based politics while intentionally avoiding any mention of caste divisions within the Muslim community.
“They keep bringing formulas to divide society. Congress never refrains from misleading the voters. The Congress’s strategy is clear: keep scaring the Muslims, show them fear, and strengthen their vote bank. Not a single Congress leader has ever mentioned the different castes within our Muslim brothers. When it comes to Muslim castes, Congress leaders remain silent,” he said.

“They keep bringing formulas to divide society. Congress never refrains from misleading the voters. The Congress’s strategy is clear: keep scaring the Muslims, show them fear, and strengthen their vote bank. Not a single Congress leader has ever mentioned the different castes within our Muslim brothers. When it comes to Muslim castes, Congress leaders remain silent,” PM Modi said.
He pointed to the recent election results in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir, highlighting Haryana’s re-election of BJP for a third consecutive term as evidence of the nation’s mood.
“Just yesterday, the election results for Haryana and J&K were announced. Haryana has shown the mood of the nation. Being elected for a third consecutive term after completing two terms is historic,” he said, adding that the efforts by Congress and “urban Naxals” to mislead the public were thwarted.
PM Modi alleged that Congress’s attempts to spread misinformation extended to other communities, including Dalits, farmers, and youth.
“They tried to spread lies among the Dalits, but the Dalit community saw through their intentions. They understood that Congress wants to snatch away their reservations and divide their vote bank,” he said.
He also criticised Congress’s approach towards farmers and youth in Haryana. “Congress tried to provoke the farmers, but the farmers know who gave them MSP for their crops. The farmers of Haryana are happy with BJP’s farmer welfare schemes. Congress targeted the youth, but the young people, our sisters, and daughters in Haryana, trust only the BJP,” he added.
“I have complete faith that the people of Maharashtra will work to break these divisive efforts being made today,” he concluded.

In the recently concluded Haryana assembly election the Bharatiya Janata Party defeated Congress and secured 48 seats out of 90 seat. however Congress managed to get only The Congress has won 37 seats, Independents won 3 and the INLD won 2 seats. Among major losers are Haryana assembly speaker and BJP’s Gian Chand Gupta, Haryana Lokhit Party Gopal Kanda and BJP leader O P Dhankar. From Julana seat, Congress’s Vinesh Phogat registered a victory defeating her nearest BJP rival Yogesh Kumar by a margin of 6,015 votes.