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What Is ‘Saugat-E-Modi’?
BJP Minority Morcha nationwide president Jamal Siddiqui, who spearheaded the initiative, mentioned the programme goals to increase meals objects, garments, and comparable help to economically weaker members of different minority communities throughout their respective festivals subsequent month.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi at all times says that he’s the guardian of 140 crore Indians and he takes half in all festivals. He participates in Christmas, Easter, Baisakhi and sends ‘chadar’ for providing at Nizamuddin Dargah and Ajmer Sharif,” Siddiqui instructed information company PTI. “So we determined that we are going to give kits with meals to our brothers and sisters, who’re poor. Every equipment will even have a fabric for our sisters.”
The BJP Minority Morcha has mobilised 32,000 staff, together with state, district, and mandal-level workplace bearers, to implement the initiative. “Our karyakartas will meet folks (Muslims) of their respective areas throughout the nation and provides them kits, greeting Eid Mubarak on behalf of the prime minister,” he mentioned. The programme, launched in Delhi and different states on Tuesday, has set a goal for every employee to succeed in out to at the least 100 folks with the kits.
Based on BJP UP Minority Morcha president Kunwar Basit Ali, the Uttar Pradesh unit will distribute the ‘Saugat-e-Modi’ kits to 32 lakh economically weaker Muslims throughout the nation on Eid. The kits will embrace important objects corresponding to vermicelli (sevaiyan), sugar, dry fruits, and garments for ladies.
In the meantime, information company ANI quoted Jamal Siddiqui as saying, “PM Narendra Modi participates within the celebrations of each pageant and within the happiness of everybody. We’re making efforts to make each pageant full of colors. In the present day, we’re distributing the ‘Saugat-e-Modi’ kits as it’s the month of Ramzan… Everybody’s religion must be revered.”
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Nationwide President of BJP Minority Morcha, Jamal Siddiqui says, “PM Narendra Modi participates within the celebrations of each pageant and within the happiness of everybody. We’re making efforts to… pic.twitter.com/aTZKUJquAp
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Every equipment is estimated to value between ₹500 and ₹600, ANI reported, citing sources. The BJP has additionally deliberate to increase the initiative past Eid, distributing comparable kits to members of the Sikh and Christian communities throughout Baisakhi and Easter subsequent month.
BJP Would “Do Something For Votes”: Akhilesh Yadav Amongst Oppn MPs Slamming ‘Saugat-E-Modi’
The initiative, nevertheless, drew sharp criticism from opposition leaders, who accused the BJP of utilizing the scheme as a political instrument to woo voters.
Samajwadi Occasion (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav remarked that the BJP would “do something for votes.” “The BJP and its folks ought to have a good time each pageant. Samajwadis have at all times believed that every one festivals must be celebrated, be it of any faith. It’s a matter of happiness that the BJP is now celebrating festivals on a big scale. The BJP is such a celebration that it could carry out something to get even a single vote,” Yadav was quoted as saying by PTI.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) additionally hit out on the BJP, with MP Kirti Azad calling the initiative “the joke of the day.” He likened it to a crocodile’s smile, saying, “Have you ever seen a crocodile’s face? It seems as if the animal is smiling however if you go close to, it can swallow you. The identical state of affairs is with the BJP. The world is aware of about their acts, they don’t have anything to point out. That is the largest joke of the day.”
Congress MP Ranjit Ranjan accused the BJP of shedding “crocodile tears” forward of elections. “Bihar elections are coming, and they’re asking for votes in ‘saugat’ (reward). If he (PM Modi) is so eager, he ought to present employment in Bihar. That is only for the sake of votes,” she mentioned.
Azad Samaj Occasion (ASP) MP Chandra Shekhar raised suspicions over the BJP’s intent, suggesting a hidden agenda behind the initiative. “I’m very shocked. There could also be a hidden agenda. They introduced the Waqf modification invoice to loot the Muslims, and now they’re bringing Saugat-e-Modi. You might be snatching away every thing from them and giving them a token? I consider it’s not Saugat-e-Modi, however Barbaad-e-Musalman (destruction of Muslims),” he mentioned.
Unbiased MP Pappu Yadav additionally took a swipe on the ruling social gathering, questioning whether or not the transfer stemmed from real concern or political calculations. “Is that this politics or a change of coronary heart? Is it Arab love, Gulf love or Bangladesh love? Might God give them knowledge, and so they could give up the politics of hatred,” he mentioned.
