Congress President  Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said that the ongoing Lok Sabha election was a choice to save the Constitution and democracy in the country. Addressing an election rally in Champa town of Janjgir Champa constituency, Kharge said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat too had to clarify that they were neither going to change the constitution nor they are ending reservations. All this was being done by Bhagwat only because the leaders of the BJP were claiming that the constitution would be changed and reservation in educational institutions and jobs would be stopped, he said. Kharge, while speaking in support of Congress candidate Shiv Daharia, reiterated that the Congress had waged a war against the BJP to protect the rights of the poor, Dalits, tribals and OBCs. The BJP was against the poor and downtrodden and wants to snatch their rights, he alleged. He also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had become frustrated after sensing that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc was heading towards a majority in the Lok Sabha elections. Modi was making such statement about "mangalsutra" and "Hindu-Muslims because he fears defeat, Kharge said. The Lok Sabha election is being fought by Congress to keep India united and save the Constitution and democracy, Kharge added. Janjgir Champa will see voting in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 7.

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