From Mangalsutra To Muslims: Read How Opposition Reacts To PM Modi's Speech

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a rally in Rajasthan's Banswara, said that if Congress comes to power it will give people's hard-earned wealth to infiltrators and "those who have more children", several Opposition leaders, including Asaduddin Owaisi and Mallikarjun Kharge, hit back at Prime Minister.

Reacting to the prime minister's comments, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Member of Parliament from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi, in a post on X, said, "Modi today called Muslims infiltrators and people with many children. Since 2002 till this day, the only Modi guarantee has been to abuse Muslims and get votes. If one is talking about the country's wealth, one should know that under Modi's rule the first right to India's wealth has been of his wealthy friends. 1% of Indians own 40% of the country's wealth. Common Hindus are made to fear Muslims while their wealth is being used to enrich others."

In his speech, which has now taken a controversial turn, PM Modi had said "The Congress manifesto says it will calculate the gold with mothers and sisters, get information about it, and then distribute that property. They will distribute it to whom - Manmohan Singh's government had said that Muslims have the first right on the country's assets."

"This urban Naxal mindset, my mothers and sisters, they will not even leave your 'mangalsutra'. They can go to that level," Modi alleged

Minutes after PM's speech, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi took to social media, stating that the Prime Minister and the entire BJP are facing disappointment after the first phase of polling.

"The level of lies of Narendra Modi has fallen so much that he now wants to divert the people from the issues as he is rattled," Rahul Gandhi said in his post in Hindi on X.

"The country will now vote on its issues, vote for its employment, its family and its future. India will not be diverted," the former Congress chief said.