Senior ♚Congress leader🐬 P Chidambaram on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government and said the saffron party is no longer a political party but has become a cult which worships Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Targeting the Modi government, Chidambaram said there is a "grave erosion" of freedom of speech and expression happening under the ten years of Mod🃏i rule and urged the people to "restore democracy".
He also assured that even though the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was not mentioned in the Congress manifesto, it will be repealed once the INDIA bloc comes to⛄ power.
Chidambaram also expressed hope that the INDIA bloc will win all the 39 sea﷽ts in Tamil Nadu and the one seat in Pondicherry where the elections were over.
"The BJP constituted the manifesto in 14 days which is not titled manifesto. They called it Modi's guarantee. The BJP is no longer a political party.🀅 It has become a cult and the cult worships Narendra Modi,🍸" Chidambaram said.
He claimed that "Modi ki guarantee" reminds everyone of the countries where 𓂃there was cult worship.
"That cult worship in India has started gaining strength and will lead to dictatorsh🍃ip," he said. He alleged that there is a gross censorship of the freedom of expression under the ten year Modi rule.
"If Modi is voted back♑ to power for the third time, he may amend the💯 constitution... We have to restore democracy," Chidambaram said.
He said the gravest challenge🐎 faced by the country was unemployment.
Chi🌳dambaram added that the Congress manifesto talks about job creation and wealth generation about which t𓂃he CPI(M) is silent.
"CAA will be repealed in the first session of the Parliament when th🦂e INDIA bloc comes to power," Chidambaramꦜ added.
