New Delhi, Jan 18: BJP today alerted its cadres in all Congress-ruled states to be wary of being "defamed" by blaming them for fomenting communal violence as this was a
tactic of that party to win the support of minorities by "terrorising them."
"We have alerted our party cadres in the Congress-ruled states to be wary of the Congress party fomenting communal trouble and defaming the BJP for it as a move to get the support of minorities," party spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters here.
He said this would be one of the main items of the agenda of the meeting on Monday of state presidents of Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh with the Central
leadership.
"Congress-ruled states are trying to communalise the atmosphere in these states so as to get the votes of minorities. There were the recent riots in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharasthra and the Congress supported RJD-ruled Bihar," he said.
With the Congress ruled states failing on fronts and there being no developmental work undertaken, these government were "now wanting to foment communal violence to get votes," Naqvi said.
Hitting out at the move by the Congress-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir for releasing terrorists without proper verification of their antecedents, he said "this was not in the interest of the state or the nation."
He said this type of measures would only encourage terrorism and embolden them to continue with their activities specially like threatening women for not wearing burqas and
persons belonging to a particular community.
Bureau Report
