Congress’s Anand Sharma says ‘Narendra Modi misusing public money for BJP propaganda, lowered political discourse to gutter level’
Anand Sharma.
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Anand Sharma, on Tuesday, accused the prime minister, Narendra Modi, of misusing the public money and government podium to spread BJP’s propaganda to attack the opposition. He also said Modi has taken political discourse to “gutter level”.
Speaking at a news briefing, Sharma, who is a Congress spokesman now, strongly objected to Modi using the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Varanasi as a stage for election campaigning. He has also demanded the Election Commission to intervene in the issue.
Sharma said, “No Prime Minister in the history of India holds the record of wasting public money for election campaign. The Prime Minister is the BJP's chief propagandist and has used his entire tenure for the propaganda of BJP.” He also accused Modi of lowering political discourse to “gutter level”.
Sharma has also claimed that Rs 6,000 crore had been spent in “Modi's propaganda” which included public sector undertakings spending huge money to carry out the government advertisements.
Sharma further added, “He is the first prime minister who is full of vitriol and ill will against the opposition, particularly the Congress, and has the dubious distinction of dragging political discourse to ‘gutter level’.”
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