Ghaziabad: BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi lashed out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi on today for trying to ‘communalise’ the elections by meeting Jama Masjid’s Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari in order to seek Muslims votes for the party.
Narendra Modi said, The Congress is making every effort to communalism the polls. It is worried about giving answers and that is why they are saying only one thing – secularism, secularism, secularism.”
Further tearing into the grand old party Modi said, “Their games of secularism are now over. People have understood them. The Congress is defeated. So now from secularism they have moved to open communalism.
At the same time he urged the Election Commission to take sou motto action against Sonia for appealing for votes on religious lines and trying to polarise the elections.
Seeking votes on basis of religion is against the laws of this nation. I urge the EC to take sou motto action against the Congress president.
Modi also said that the BJP was not desperate for power. We are driven by patriotic virtues. For the Congress secularism is an election slogan. For us it is everyone is ours, he said.
Reiterating his ‘India First’ stand Modi told the people, “For Congress secularism is vote bank politics. For Congress secularism is religion first but for us it is India First. It is an article of faith for us.
Sonia Gandhi had met the Shahi Imam at her 10 Janpath residence yesterday. The meeting had lasted around 45 minutes. As per reports, a decision to support the Congress has been finalised by Bukhari and an official announcement may happen tomorrow.
When asked by reporters whether the Congress party was trying to polarise the polls, Sonia had categorically rejected the premise saying that they were not in the game or business of polarisation (of votes). She also defended meeting clerics saying that it had been a tradition which was followed by Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi.
Meanwhile, the BJP has approached the Election Commission to take cognisance of Sonia’s reported appeal to Muslims.
Bureau Report
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