[Telling lies comes so very naturally to him. That's hardly any surprise. What's of greater significance here is the gross and desperate attempt to divert the debate away from "issues" of relevance to the electorate to ugly mudslinging.
《Hours after PM Narendra Modi alleged that Sitaram Kesri, who was from a "Dalit and exploited community", was not allowed to complete his five-year term as the Congress president, Congress leader Tariq Anwar said that Kesari himself offered to resign from the post if Sonia Gandhi was ready to take over. “PM is again wrong as Kesari ji was not a Dalit, he belonged to 'vaishya' community. Kesari Ji himself offered to resign from the post of Congress President if Sonia ji was ready to take over. At that time I was Sitaram Kesari's political advisor so I'm aware of it,” Anwar said.》 Btw, the Baniyas in Bihar are counted as OBC. While Kesri had indeed appealed to Sonia Gandhi to take over to save the Congress, in view of its dismal performance under his stewardship, eventually he'd be replaced by Sonia based on a CWC resolution. As the outcome, the party would be back to power in 2004.] https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/narendra-modi-sitaram-kesari-congress-bharatiya-janata-party-manish-tewari-mahasamund-chhattisgarh-tariq-anwar-sonia-gandhi/316338 PM Narendra Modi is wrong; Sitaram Kesari wasn't Dalit, belonged to 'Vaishya' community: CongressIndia Updated Nov 18, 2018 | 22:46 IST | Times Now Digital Addressing a rally in Mahasamund in Chhattisgarh, PM Narendra Modi had claimed that Sitaram Kesri was ejected unceremoniously from the Congress and was "locked in a bathroom" and "thrown out on the footpath". Narendra Modi Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: Twitter Raipur: Hours after PM Narendra Modi alleged that Sitaram Kesri, who was from a "Dalit and exploited community", was not allowed to complete his five-year term as the Congress president, Congress leader Tariq Anwar said that Kesari himself offered to resign from the post if Sonia Gandhi was ready to take over. “PM is again wrong as Kesari ji was not a Dalit, he belonged to 'vaishya' community. Kesari Ji himself offered to resign from the post of Congress President if Sonia ji was ready to take over. At that time I was Sitaram Kesari's political advisor so I'm aware of it,” Anwar said. Speaking at a rally in Mahasamund in Chhattisgarh today, Modi had claimed that Kesri was ousted unceremoniously, "locked in a bathroom" and "thrown out on the footpath". PM Modi said that the Congress cannot even tolerate a Dalit, exploited and backward leader as its president and added that he was appointed under their compulsion, for two years. "The Congress had said a chaiwala became the prime minister by the grace of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. I challenged them (to show that) when he (Nehru) had established such a democratic and liberal system, and then make someone from outside the Gandhi family the Congress president for at least five years," he said. The Congress, however, rebutted the prime minister's claim, saying Kesri was given "due respect" and that he belonged to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and was not a Dalit. "Kesri was a Bania OBC from Bihar and not a Dalit. However, when has the PM allowed facts or truth to stand in the way?," Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari tweeted. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
