Mangaluru: With the policy of appeasement, the Congress Party has turned the Muslim community into a vote bank in this country and kept it out of development dimensions, said the BJP National Spokesperson and National Executive Member Dr. Syed Zafar Islam.
Against this appeasement policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the idea of ‘Sabka Saath-Sab Ka Vikas’, requested that the Muslim community should join hands with the BJP, realising that the Muslim community has got the lion’s share of the Janpara and Antyodaya projects launched in the last 9 years.
He was speaking at a press conference organised at the BJP’s media centre in the city on April 30. “I feel proud that the lion’s share of all these projects has reached the Muslim community. The Central Government led by Modi has a lofty objective to make India a leading nation in the world with an agenda of all-around development of its citizens without discrimination. He said that if there is to be a joint administration in this direction, it is necessary to have a BJP Government in Karnataka as well”.
Responding to a reporter’s question about the cancellation of Muslim reservations, he said, “Religion-based reservation is not our policy. Our’s is a policy of reservation which is not based on religion, but also for the prosperity of the truly economically weaker sections. Reservation given earlier to about 15-16 backward castes of the Muslim community has been continued and economically backward people can get reservation facilities under IWS, he said and added that there is no injustice to the Muslim community with the new reservation that the Karnataka Government intends to implement.
He requested the community to wake up and join hands with national thoughts against such organisations which are indulging in subversive, terrorist and anti-national activities and bringing bad names to the community.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Government, which has taken very strict measures against terrorism, has targeted traitorous forces and corrupt people. Thus, these evil forces are unable to raise their heads. The Congress party, which is closely related to such forces and has been supporting them continuously, is in danger of losing its existence, he said and added that the low-level personal attacks against Prime Minister Modi are a reflection of Congress’ anxiety.
Congress and JD (S) are family-based parties and their supreme policy is the development of those families and not the overall development of the citizens of the country, he said and however, added that the BJP, which follows the policy of the country first, believes only in the politics of non-discrimination and non-appeasement development.
Health insurance up to Rs. 5 lakh for all beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, free treatment facilities, best quality medicines at affordable prices for common citizens through Janaushadhi Kendras, housing facility for the weaker sections under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Nal Se Jal, construction of toilets – all these schemes are being implemented by BJP’s double engine governments. Fully delivered to the public where available, he said.
Dr. Islam said that these welfare schemes have not been adequately implemented where there are non-BJP Governments.