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Rahul Gandhi's communal remarks will cause problems for the Congress, warns BJP

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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi warned Saturday that Congress Party vice president Rahul Gandhi's 'communal riots remark' in Uttar Pradesh could have a negative rebounding impact on that party itself.

Naqvi said, "Rahul Gandhi should understand that he should stop using his political secularism formula. If he continues with his formula, it will be difficult for them. They should try to find a better political direction for their party. People have rejected them and still they are not able to understand that."

Another BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh said, "In Uttar Pradesh, it has been the policy of the SP and the Congress to go for vote-bank politics. The Congress and SP have both led in the name of vote-bank politics, a policy to divide the people of Uttar Pradesh."

Attacking the Congress Party, Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister of State (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar said, "Rahul Gandhi going into an attacking mode is a useless thing, because the Congress is the biggest party that does communal politics. Congress spreads communal poison in the country, but we try to take everyone along."

Hitting back, senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said whatever is happening in UP was because of Congress as it took support of the Samajwadi Party (SP), which is ruling the state.

"If any party does communal politics, it is Congress. They had alliance with Muslim League. In Hyderabad they had tie up with MIM. Even now, in both the houses of Parliament... by discussing communal situation, their motive is to increase communal tension," Javadekar said while condemning Gandhi's statement. 

Javadekar further added,"Rahul's statement should not be given so much importance. Narendra Modi has already said one has to decide whether one would fight against poverty or Hindus and Muslims will fight against each other. The vision is to take everybody together."

According to reports, Rahul Gandhi had said in an interview to a leading daily that the communal incidents in Uttar Pardesh were to "divide the poor and pit brother against brother".

BJP. Congress continue to spat over Rahul Gandhi's remark

Hitting back, senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said whatever is happening in UP was because of Congress as it took support of the Samajwadi Party (SP), which is ruling the state.

"If any party does communal politics, it is Congress. They had alliance with Muslim League. In Hyderabad they had tie up with MIM. Even now, in both the houses of Parliament... by discussing communal situation, their motive is to increase communal tension," Javadekar said while condemning Gandhi's statement. 

Javadekar further added,"Rahul's statement should not be given so much importance. Narendra Modi has already said one has to decide whether one would fight against poverty or Hindus and Muslims will fight against each other. The vision is to take everybody together."

"But Congress' thinking is totally communal and I condemn his statement because their communal thinking comes out of that," he said.

Meanwhile coming to the defence of Rahul Gandhi, while some Congress leaders said that there are "multiple elements" in UP who are spreading rumours with an aim to charge the atmosphere, others maintained that there is an attempt to create conflict between people and UP is being pushed into "pyre of politics."

"Rahul's comment is right. There are multiple elements in UP which are continuously attempting to spread rumours with an aim of continually charging the atmosphere. These occurrences are a major cause of worry not just for UP but for the entire country," senior Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad said.

"The entire country is aware of the hate politics prevalent in UP. There is an attempt to create conflict between people as seen in Muzzafarnagar, Moradabad and Saharanpur. UP is being pushed into pyre of politics," yet another Congress leader Rashid Alvi said. Read more

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