Conflicts started in states after NDA came to power at Centre, says Rahul
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi hit out at the NDA government on Saturday, alleging that strife started in several states, including Jammu and Kashmir, after it came to power at Centre in May 2014.
He claimed that the prevailing unrest in parts of the country under its rule was benefiting the the RSS, China and Pakistan.
“After the NDA came to power in Delhi, conflicts started in several states. There was peace in Jammu and Kashmir. Terrorism there had nearly come to an end during the UPA rule,” he alleged.
“We held talks with people from various sections... our idea was to reach out to people, provide jobs to the youth. We conducted Panchayati Raj elections,” he said.
Gandhi was interacting with tribal students during a programme, ‘Amcho Hak’ (our rights), organised by the National Students Union of India here in Chhattisgarh.
“When we came to power in 2004, we gradually controlled terrorism in J&K and it nearly came to an end. But now unrest is everywhere in the country--Srinagar, Sikkim and Bastar,” the Amethi MP alleged.
“Peace has vanished from UP, Tamil Nadu. Who’s getting benefit from the conflict in Kashmir? It’s the RSS, Pakistan and China,” he alleged.
He said Chhattisgarh was a rich state with minerals and alleged that “they (NDA) want to snatch your resources and they can’t do that till there is strife”. “In Chhattisgarh, the RSS and industrialists are getting benefits of conflict in Bastar,” he claimed.