"He gifted same book to then President Kovind in 2017": Congress chief Kharge on PM Modi's "Laal Kitab" remark

Adressing an event during the launch of the joint manifesto of the MVA for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections here, Kharge said, "He (PM Narendra Modi) said this red book is an urban Naxalite book and piece of Marxist literature... He gifted the same book to the then President Ram Nath Kovind in 2017... He even said this book contains blank pages."

His remarks come in the wake of PM Modi's attack on Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in which he said that the "Laal Kitab" of the Constitution that the Congress was flaunting contained "nothing.".

"In 'farziwada', Congress has broken its own record. The 'Laal Kitab' of the Constitution, which the Congress party was flaunting and distributing, contained 'nothing'. It was an empty book. This is nothing but a testament to Congress' disregard and hate for Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The entire country is in shock over this foolish and unfortunate political play of Congress," PM Modi said.

Earlier on Saturday too, the Congress President had responded to Prime Minister Modi's "empty Constitution" remarks stating "Sahab, everything is written in it."

Addressing a public gathering at Nagpur yesterday Kharge asked Congress candidate Nitin Raut to send a copy of the Constitution to PM Modi.

"This is the Constitution; it has everything inside it. He (PM Modi) said the pages of this red book, which Rahul Gandhi reads, are blank. He said it is 'kora kaagaz'...Read this; is it blank? I would request Nitin Raut to send a copy of this book to him. Sahab ismein sab likha hua hai (Sir, everything is written in it)," he said. (ANI)