Lok Sabha Elections 2024: ‘TMC fighting for existence; Congress ‘biggest enemy’ of minorities,’ says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday alleged the INDIA bloc is engaging in “vote bank politics" and slammed opposition parties for neglecting the constitutional rights of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC). In an interview with ANI, PM Modi discussed various issues, including reservation, the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the raids conducted by the central agencies, and more.

Speaking on the importance of safeguarding the interests of these communities, PM Modi said, “I want to alert the SC, ST, OBC and other backwards-class people because by keeping them in darkness they (opposition) are looting them. Election is such a time, that I should make the countrymen aware of the biggest crisis that is coming."

PM further noted that the basic spirit of the Constitution of India is being violated, too, for the sake of vote bank politics. “Those who call themselves well-wishers of the Dalits, Tribals, are in reality their staunch enemies...There is an imprint of the Muslim League in their manifesto...Do you want to destroy the coming generations also for the sake of vote bank?... I will fight for the rights of my Dalit, Tribal, OBC brothers and sisters. And that's why I'm fighting the battle," he told ANI.

The Prime Minister said that those who call themselves the biggest sympathisers of the backward communities are, in reality, their “biggest enemies". Speaking on the opposition's allegations that PM Modi will end reservation, the PM said, “They have committed this sin. I am speaking against that and that's why they have to use such things to lie."

Speaking on the Calcutta High Court's decision to cancel all OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010, PM Narendra Modi called it a