Congress

The Chief Minister's reference to offering Fatiha was sparked by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's recent visit to the home of the late mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to offer condolences to his family.

In 1963 and 1974, the Congress-led Govts enacted a law called the Compulsory Deposit Scheme Act, forcing taxpayers to deposit up to 18 per cent of their incomes.

In a sarcastic critique, Venkatesh Prasad likened redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor to the point system used in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had often trotted out the idea of conducting a national survey and redistributing wealth when his party comes to power.

The Muslim leaders in Chatra grumbled that despite having a 20% Muslim population, the INDI alliance had failed to field a Muslim contender for any of Jharkhand's 14 seats.

While Congress manifesto talks about socio-economic survey, on 6th April, Rahul Gandhi had said, "We will first conduct a nationwide caste census to determine how many people belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and minorities. After that, we will conduct a financial and institutional survey in a historic step to ascertain the distribution of wealth.”

On 9th December 2006, the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated categorically that Muslims have the first claim on India's resources.

JP Nadda accused the Congress party of indulging in "appeasement politics" and stated that the voters will punish them.

Addressing an election rally in Banswara, Rajasthan, PM Modi said that the Congress party has fallen into the trap of leftists and urban naxals

According to the Police, the case has been filed against Shashi Tharoor based on a complaint lodged by BJP leader J R Padmakumar. The BJP leader accused Tharoor of carrying out a false campaign against Rajeev Chandrasekhar during a television program.