VD Sharma, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief in Madhya Pradesh, took a jab at Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader, stating on Monday that the party has historically employed a ‘divide and rule’ strategy, primarily accommodating members from his family.
Sharma further commented that due to the lingering influence of British genes within the Congress and its members, they are adept at recognizing and fostering division.
“Rahul Gandhi, his family, and Congress have been limited to a family and they have always done ‘divide and rule’. Congress and the people of Congress still have the genes of Britishers in their blood and the bad effect of that is they only see division and how to create division. They always think about how to create division in every election. But PM Narendra Modi has changed the politics of the country in 10 years, even the minorities say that PM Modi hasn’t done any partiality,” Sharma told ANI.
The BJP leader also ridiculed Jitu Patwari, a prominent figure in the Congress, for forecasting that the party would secure at least five seats out of the twelve available in the state’s initial two rounds of Lok Sabha elections. He advised them to wait until June 4 for the actual vote count.
“Kamal Nath also used to dream that he was going to become the Chief Minister during the 2020 assembly by-election. When the local bodies elections and the 2023 assembly polls were held, even then he was saying sorts of things and the public told him. So Jitu Patwari should wait for June 4 and that day your (Patwari) chair will also be tied up,” Sharma stated.
The two phases of the Lok Sabha elections in the state, encompassing 12 parliamentary seats, have concluded. Voting took place in six parliamentary constituencies on April 29 (Tikamgarh (SC), Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, and Hoshangabad), and in an additional six on April 19 (Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, and Chhindwara).
The upcoming voting phases for the remaining 17 parliamentary seats are scheduled for May 7 and May 13. In the third phase, nine seats will be contested, followed by eight seats in the fourth phase.
Vote counting is scheduled for June 4th.
Madhya Pradesh, with 29 Lok Sabha seats, ranks as the sixth-largest state in terms of parliamentary representation. Ten of these seats are reserved for candidates from Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), while the remaining nineteen seats are open to candidates from any background.