Opposition rally HIGHLIGHTS: BJP's 'achhe din' over, says Mamata Banerjee

Tejashwi Yadav accused Modi of being a factory, manufacturer and distributor or lies

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BSP MP Satish Misra says: "The BJP is lying to the people for votes. Unemployment is rising. Farmers, labourers, minorities, Dalits are being persecuted".

 

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Modi govt playing mischief with statistics: Yashwant Sinha

 

Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday came down heavily on the Narendra Modi government saying that this was the first government after Independence which has been playing "mischief" with the developmental statistics.

 

Addressing the opposition rally here, Sinha who quit the BJP recently said, under the present regime while praising the government was "desh bhakti"(patriotism), criticising it is "desh drohi" (sedition).

 

"After Independence this is the first government which has been presenting decorated and inflated developmental statistics to befool people," the former Union Finance minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government said apparently referring to the Niti Aayog downgrading GDP growth rate during UPA time.

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DMK President M K Stalin is speaking now.

 

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"There are six to seven aspiring PMs on stage. How youths have been suppressed, how industries have been destroyed here. I have seen all this, and that's why I poured out my anger earlier in the day on social media. Those speaking here are crorepatis, who occupy huge bungalows. What are they talking about?" asks Union minister Babul Supriyo.

 

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"People are being divided, on basis of where they come, their religion. Fires are being spread in Assam in North East. We have to sacrifice, before asking people we should lead by making sacrifice. Every community will have to make sacrifices. Look at Jammu and Kashmir. At what state has it been left in. People are being killed everywhere. And it is said that they are Pakistanis, they are traitors," says Farooq Abdullah.

 

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"We don't think that in last seven seven decades, the politics of vengeance, that we are seeing today, was witnessed before. There was Vajpayee's BJP also. But this government has institutionalised hatred and decisiveness. IT notices were sent to Tejashwi (Lalu Yadav's younger son) within seven days of his rally. Is we chant praises in Modi's honour, there will be no misuse of institutions," Singhvi says.

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"This government only wants to spread venom to pit brother against brother. I'm very happy that High Court and SC did not allow 40-day yatra of the BJP. The saffron party is not worried about what damage it will cause to the society or how will it rupture its fabric. Again and again, PM Modi uses derogatory language while talking about this opposition platform, but the most morally untenable alliance was what Modi did with PDP in Kashmir. Why doesn't he talk about this 'unholy' alliance," asks Congress's Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

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Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) chief Sharad Yadav is speaking now. Yadav had recently attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making no mention of the BJP's promises to the people in his recent interview, accusing his government of not fulfilling a single assurance he had given during the 2014 Lok Sabha election. "After hearing the interview of the prime minister with utmost attention, I regret to say that there was no mention with regard to the promises made by the BJP before the general election of 2014," Yadav said in a statement.

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"EVM should be destroyed because it is being used to steal votes... we should all go to the Election Commission," says NC leader Farooq Abdullah. 

 

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"Today, after 70 years of Independence, India is again facing a challenge," says Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and the chief of National Conference (NC). 

 

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"(This government) is destroying every institution, including RBI and CBI," says Sharad Yadav of LJD while referring to the sacrifice of the people of Bengal in the building of the nation and during the Freedom Struggle. 

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"Nation is in crisis, farmers are destroyed and the youth is sad," says Sharad Yadav, Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) chief as he addresses people during the 'United India' rally in Kolkata.

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"BJP's only purpose is to play cheap politics and gain votes," says Abhishek Singhvi of Congress.