Congress playing religious card, says Nirmala Sitharaman.
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday accused Congress of playing religious card ahead of 2019 general elections.
Sitharaman citing a newspaper report said, Rahul Gandhi has said that 'Congress is a Muslim party' in a meeting with intellectuals. Citing several other cases, Sitharaman alleged that minority appeasement of Congress has come to a crescendo. This comes after the Congress on Thursday rubbished a newspaper report quoting Rahul Gandhi saying that it is a Muslim party.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the party does not discriminate on the grounds of religion and ethnicity. "When governance fails, rumour rules! Congress is a party of 132 crore Indians, bereft of your faith-ethnicity-colour of one's skin-region-belief. For Congress is the foundational idea of India. No Bhakt will deter us from treading the path! Jai Hind," Surjewala tweeted.
On Thursday, a report in an Urdu daily emerged on social media accusing the grand old party of minority appeasement ahead of the upcoming 2019 general elections. The report comes just a day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi met a few Muslim intellectuals. According to Sitharaman, Rahul Gandhi apologised to Muslim intellectuals for losing track during 2014. According to Union Minister, Rahul Gandhi said that the episodes of Karnataka temple visit won't happen again and the party will do course correction.
Sitharman said that Congress party's behaviour may lead to division and communal disharmony which prevailed during the time of partition in 1947. "Congress is playing a dangerous game. It's playing up the card of religion. It's frightening that it may lead to division and communal disharmony which prevailed during 1947 partition. Congress party shall be solely responsible if any disharmony plays out between now and 2019 polls," Sitharaman said.
Union Minister said Rahul Gandhi like a 'fringe group' went to JNU to give voice to the tukde tukde brigade, with grave implication to India's security. Sitharaman says Congress changed the fundamentals of constitution and today is again violating the Constitution by saying they are a Muslim party.
Sitharaman said that now it is revealed that the term Hindu terror was coined with a certain agenda by Congress, who calls itself Muslim party. Union Minister said that Rahul Gandhi should come out and clarify what he means by saying, Congress is a Hindu party. She also wanted Congress to clarify about Karnataka Congress Minister's comment supporting Sharia Court across the country and whether the party believes that the country will turn into a Hindu Pakistan if BJP again comes to power in 2019.
With ANI inputs
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