'Name and shame these offenders': Congress hits back at Anurag Thakur 'property to Muslim' claims

NEW DELHI: The Indian National Congress on Saturday took action against Union Minister Anurag Thakur's claims about the "distribution of property to Muslims, " by taking it to the Election Commission of India.

Thakur during a public rally in Himachal Pradesh said, "You have to decide whether the children's property should remain with them or should it go to Muslims."

Reacting to which Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted on the social media platform X (previously known as Twitter) "Today, Anurag Thakur followed in the footsteps of the PM and the UP chief minister and made a most outrageous speech that violates all standards of decency and truth, apart from the EC's Model Code of Conduct itself. @INCIndia has written to the ECI to take note of the speech and issue Mr. Thakur a notice immediately. The ECI must realise that a lack of meaningful action emboldens these bad faith actions. And if they do not take action then we will name and shame these offenders who think they are above the law, both in the arena of the public as well as before the courts."



The ongoing debate was started when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Congress would redistribute wealth if they come to power and that would include 'stree dhan' which is women's gold and mangalsutra.

The Congress have refuted to the claims from the starting. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge even wrote to PM Modi seeking time so that he could explain Congress manifesto to the prime minister.

Union minister Anurag Thakur's claims today redirected the fingers at Congress when he in his speech claimed that Congress manifesto shows that the party's has joined 'foreign hands' and they want to give the property of the country's people to the Muslims; they want to finish the country's nuclear power, they want to fragment the country on castes.

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