Mumbai (Maharashtra):

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Jitendra Awhad received threat from Lawrence Bishnoi gang on Monday.

Jitendra Awhad responded to the question of receiving a threatening call and refused to comment.

“All these things keep going on, there have been many such threatening calls. I will not comment on that,” Mr Awhad told news agency ANI.

A person named Rohit Godara made a threatening call from Australia and it is being told that the gang has demanded lakhs of rupees from the NCP (SP) leader.

Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment regarding minorities, he said that there are Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists and many other religions here and such statement of the Prime Minister is not acceptable.

“Such a statement does not suit the Prime Minister of the country. There are Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists and many other religions in the country. If the Prime Minister of this country targets only one religion, he degrades the dignity of his post. This is the pressure of the first phase of elections,” he said.

Addressing an election rally here, PM Modi took several digs at the Congress and said the party’s “royal family” would not be in a position to vote for the party as the Congress is not contesting the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat.

“These days, people who have left Congress say one thing very seriously, they all are saying that Congress is no longer Congress, it has gone into the grip of urban Naxalites. Congress is now in the grip of Communists. One of our friends told him. Asked how can you say this, he said look at their (Congress) manifesto. What Congress has said in its manifesto is serious and worrying and it is their attempt to implement Maoist thinking. PM ​​Modi said, “If Congress government is formed, there will be a survey of every person’s property, how much gold do our sisters have?” Yes, it will be found out.

“Our tribal families have silver, it will be evaluated… How much property, money, jobs do the government employees have, it will be investigated. Not only this, he said that the gold that the sisters have, And other property will be distributed equally. Does the government have the right to take away your property? PM Modi asked.

He said that the gold that mothers and sisters have is not just for show, it is related to their self-respect.

“His mangalsutra, the question is not about the price of gold, it is related to the dreams of his life. You are talking about snatching it in your manifesto… will distribute the gold and then distribute it. When his government was in power, he had said That Muslims have the first right on the country’s property, who will you collect the property and distribute it to those who have more children, will you distribute it to the infiltrators? Is the money of your hard work going to be given to the infiltrators? The manifesto of Congress is saying that the rights of mothers and sisters will be given to them. We will calculate the gold and then distribute the money to those people to whom the Manmohan Singh government had said that Muslims have the first right on resources, brothers, sisters, this is urban thinking. PM ​​Modi said, “Naxalites, my mothers, sisters, They will not let even your mangalsutra remain in your possession, they will go to this extent.

PM Modi was referring to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s comment made in December 2006, in which he had said that minorities, especially Muslim minorities, should have the first claim on the country’s resources.

Dr. Manmohan Singh had said, “We have to make innovative plans to ensure that minorities, especially the Muslim minority, are empowered to share equally in the benefits of development. They must have the first claim on resources. “

Jairam Ramesh said the party is in favor of a caste census along with a survey of national assets and governance systems, which is updated from time to time.

He had said, “This survey of caste groups, national assets and representation in systems of governance – collectively called a comprehensive socio-economic caste census – is the only solution to ensure an India of equal opportunity for all. Opportunity is the objective.” In a post on X.

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