'If We Take 4 Points From RR, 4 From KKR...': Venkatesh Prasad Slams Congress Over Wealth Redistribution With Cricket Analogy

Citing the points system in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Venkatesh Prasad said it was like taking points from the top three teams and redistributing them to the bottom three so they can make the playoffs. (Screengrab)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that if the Congress comes to power, it would redistribute the wealth of people to "infiltrators" and "those who have more children"

Former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad on Monday jumped in on the controversy over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Congress would redistribute the wealth of people…”.  Citing the points system in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Prasad said it was like taking points from the top three teams and “redistributing” them to the bottom three so they can “make the playoffs”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that if the Congress comes to power, it would redistribute the wealth of people to “infiltrators” and “those who have more children”.

“They have said that if the Congress government comes into power, it will survey everyone’s property. They will investigate how much gold our sisters have… Our Adivasi families own silver. How much silver they have will be recorded. They will check how much property and money the government employees own. This is not it, they also said that the gold owned by our sisters and their other properties will be equally redistributed,” the prime minister said while addressing a Lok Sabha poll rally in Rajastha’s Banswara.

A political row erupted over PM Modi’s statements with Opposition leaders accusing the prime minister of creating “communal hatred” to “divert the attention of the public from the issue.

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Weighing in on the controversy, Venkatesh Prasad took to microblogging site X and said, “One of the political party’s manifesto is to redistribute the wealth of the rich to the poor. The really poor need to be uplifted but this thought process is so pathetic. It is like saying If we take 4 points from RR and 4 from KKR and SRH and re-distribute it to the bottom 3 teams, they can make the playoffs.”

The former cricketer referred to the points table of the IPL wherein the top four teams, who accumulated the most points in the league matches, enter the playoffs of the tournament, while the rest are eliminated.

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