"Be Ready To Kill Modi...": Huge Controversy Over Congress Leader's Remark
NDTV
"Such statements show that today's Congress is not Mahatma Gandhi's Congress. It's the Congress of Italy that is afflicted with a Mussolini mindset," Home Minister Narottam Mishra said.
Senior Congress Madhya Pradesh leader and former state minister Raja Pateria has kicked up a storm with a controversial speech, where he can be seen goading the audience to "kill" Prime Minister Narendra Modi if they want to "save" the Constitution. Though he immediately clarified he didn't mean murder, but political defeat. The remark has set off shockwaves and the Congress is facing massive backlash, with several BJP leaders calling for Mr Pateria's arrest, and claiming the grand old party's "real face" has been exposed.
Reacting to the video, the state Home minister has ordered the police to register a case against him. A union minister has called it an "unpardonable crime". Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also slammed the Congress in a video statement, saying, "the real side of those pretending to do a "Bharat Jodo Yatra" is coming out".
In a viral video, Mr Pateria is seen talking about winning the elections, and also mentioning Prime Minister Modi. He is seen telling the workers that, "Modi will end elections, Modi will divide on the basis of religion, caste, language; the lives of Dalits, tribals, and minorities are in danger. If the constitution is to be saved, then be ready to kill Modi."
However, later in the video, Raja Pateria claims the word 'murder' in his speech meant defeat. He said he follows Mahatma Gandhi's ideology of non-violence, and that he meant it was necessary to defeat PM Modi electorally to protect minorities.