One Can Easily Draw Parallel Of BJP Govt With Nazi Regime, Claims Congress

The Congress on Tuesday drew parallels between the Modi government and the "fascist Nazi" regime of Germany, alleging one can find several similarities between them. It also questioned the "silence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi when "atrocities" are taking place in the country, while referring to the police action against students and youths protesting against the amendment citizenship law and a possible National Register of Citizens.

In an article put out on its website, the Congress claimed it is "no secret that the RSS, the parent organisation of the BJP, drew inspiration at its onset from right wing groups in Europe during World War".

The party also put out some tweets saying, "One can easily draw a parallel of the current government with the fascist Nazi regime of Germany and find several similarities."

"The actions, propaganda machinery and the ways in which the BJP functions reminds us of the dire times during the peak of dictatorship in Germany. Our country is at a tipping point, now only Gandhiji's virtues of satya and ahimsa can save us," the Congress said on its official Twitter handle.

In the article, the party also wrote, "Today the nation has begun to take notice of eerie similarities between the present government and that of Hitler's in 1930s Germany. They have noticed that the BJP govt is always at the centre of - the pulverisation of the Constitution, the stress on militarism, the use of certain symbols that represent past greatness, the emphasis on nationalism and the exclusion of minorities from the nation. All of these are directly in line with the movements that Europe saw."

It also claimed that the RSS was "particularly inspired by Germany's eradication of its Semitic population".

In the article, the Congress alleged that India is "witnessing brutality, illegal detentions, crackdowns on dissent, mass violence and the continued spread of nationalist propaganda".

It also claimed that peaceful protestors, students, teachers and a certain section of the society are subjected to physical violence.

The party alleged that students of top universities are being "brutalised in the name of nationalism, the people expressing their dissent are being detained, those detainees are being tortured in prison and the voice of a mass number of Indians is being muted with the help of lathi charges, pellet guns and tear gas shells".

"The economy is in free fall, while the government is prioritising its divisive agenda. Moreover, the gag on ministers, journalists and the judiciary has led to the passing of Citizenship Amendment Act, talks about nationwide National Register of Citizens and implementation of National Population Register with the aim of the eradicating illegal immigrants or 'termites' as the Home Minister, Amit Shah likes to call them," it said in the article.