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Congress moved to the Election Commission on Saturday over the speech of BJP leader Anurag Thakur in Himachal Pradesh, during which he reiterated that Congress would give 'your property' to Muslims. "It is for the public to decide that your property should go to your children or the Muslims. We have given equal rights to the Muslims, from toilets to houses to gas cylinders to food, but not in the name of religion," Thakur said, addressing a gathering in Hamirpur, as quoted by news agency PTI.

"Today, Anurag Thakur followed in the footsteps of the PM and the UP Chief Minister and made a most outrageous speech that violates all standards of decency and truth, apart from the EC's Model Code of Conduct itself. @INCIndia has written to the ECI to take note of the speech and issue Mr. Thakur a notice immediately. The ECI must realise that a lack of meaningful action emboldens these bad faith actions. And if they do not take action then we will name and shame these offenders who think they are above the law, both in the arena of the public as well as before the courts," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said.

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Earlier, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Congress would redistribute wealth if they come to power, and that would include women's gold and mangalsutra, Congress refuted and complained to the poll body. The poll body, prompted by Congress's earlier complaint, took note of PM Modi's remark and served a notice to the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), JP Nadda.

The BJP leader said the Congress wants to divide the country on the basis of religion and region.

The tukde tukde gang has taken over the mindset of the Congress, and it is for the public to decide whether they want to support the forces dividing the country or uniting the country, he said.

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"I want to ask Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that when Rajiv Gandhi became the prime minister of the Country, there was a rule that 55 per cent of property of former prime minister Indira Gandhi would go to the government treasury but Rajiv Gandhi changed the law to save his property," he alleged.

(With input from agencies)