AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge calls BJP leaders ‘dwellers of hell’ who did nothing for independence

Congress President Kharge criticizes BJP leaders for neglecting constitutional values, independence, and economic uplift, calling them "dwellers of hell."

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday (January 26, 2025) called BJP leaders as “dwellers of hell” who did nothing for the independence or to uplift the economy and the society.

In a scathing attack on the Centre, especially Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his alleged insulting remarks on the architect of Indian constitution B.R. Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha recently, Kharge said the BJP government was dumping all the constitutional values.

Addressing Congress workers after unfurling the Indian tricolour at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office, Kharge said Congress made India as an independent country and is striving for its unity.

“But the painful matter is that recently our important leaders, especially the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, insulted the Constitution. Amit Shah passed nasty comments on the architect of the Indian constitution,” the octogenarian leader said.

Recalling Shah’s statement, Kharge said, “I was in the parliament. In the Rajya Sabha. he (Shah) said, ‘You keep on chanting the name of Ambedkar. Had you chanted the name of God, you would have secured a place in heaven’.” “These dwellers of hell were unable to get us independence and did not do any good work for the country, from the economic and social point of view,” the Congress President said.

Underlining the significance of the 75th Republic Day, he said it was important for Indians to function in accordance with the Constitution but due to certain reasons, the BJP led Central government is dumping all the constitutional values.

“Rights of the citizens, especially the independence given to women, are being undermined,” the Opposition leader said. He also mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement of making India the third major economy in the world.