NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for accusing Rahul Gandhi of flaunting copies of the red Constitution with "blank pages" during his election campaign. Kharge also criticised the BJP’s attempt to equate the "red book" of the Constitution with "urban Naxalism" and pointed out that the Prime Minister had given a similar copy to then-President Ram Nath Kovind in 2017. The red color of the pocket-sized copy of the Indian Constitution carried by Rahul Gandhi to recent rallies in poll-bound states has become the center of a verbal duel, with the BJP accusing Congress of seeking support from 'urban Naxals,' while Congress accuses the BJP of 'insulting the Constitution.
'" ''Modi claimed that this red book is an 'urban Naxalite' book and a piece of Marxist literature. Then, even he gave a similar copy to then President Ram Nath Kovind on July 26, 2017,'' Kharge said showing a picture. ''It is necessary to enroll him in a primary school again,'' Kharge said hitting out at the prime minister.
Further, Kharge said the red handbook was only used for reference and it was not the entire Constitution. This comes after PM Modi attacked the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi for "exploiting" the Constitution, calling their use of the “Laal Kitab” a “political farziwada” (fraud). “The Laal Kitab of the Constitution which the Congress party was flaunting contained 'nothing.
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