Rajnath attacks Rahul, says BJP dousing fire started by Congress
BENGALURU: Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday hit out at Rahul Gandhi for accusing the BJP of spreading hatred and violence in the country, saying it was his party which is dousing the fire lit by the Congress.
Addressing a party rally in Bengaluru, Singh posed several questions to Rahul Gandhi who made the charge against the BJP in his first speech after formally taking over as Congress president on Saturday.
“Congress has got a new president. I congratulate him. He says that BJP is responsible for the unrest in the country. I want to ask him who is behind the communal tensions, terrorism, Naxalism and unrest in Kashmir?
“Who is behind the dynastic politics in the country? Let Rahul Gandhi know that it is BJP which is trying to douse the fire lit by Congress,” Singh said.
He also said the whole world knew that the BJP alone knows how to run the nation.
“The Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh election results (tomorrow) will prove it again. Already exit polls have predicted that we are going to form the government in these two states,” the senior BJP leader said.
The BJP rally was organised as part of “Parivarthan Yatra” with the party leaders crisscrossing the state to “expose the misdeeds” of the Siddaramaiah government ahead of the Assembly polls, which are due early next year.
On Saturday, Gandhi had hit out at the BJP, accusing it of spreading hatred and violence in the country, and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking India back to the medieval times.
RAHUL WRITES TO MODI
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a special financial package for cyclone Ockhi-hit Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep.
He said the central aid was needed to undertake rehabilitation and provide financial assistance to families of deceased fishermen. Gandhi also sought adequate measures for strengthening the weather update system and advance cyclone warning communication mechanism in the coastal areas.