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Congress divided country in its lust for power: BJP

ByPTI, New Delhi
Aug 25, 2016 04:43 PM IST

Attacking Congress for accusing the government of spreading the kind of hatred witnessed during the partition, BJP alleged on Thursday Congress divided the country in its lust for power.

Attacking Congress for accusing the government of spreading the kind of hatred witnessed during the partition, BJP alleged on Thursday Congress divided the country in its lust for power and was now conspiring against the “pro-development” dispensation after being thrown out of power from the Centre and many states.

BJP’s national secretary Shrikant Sharma has said that now there will be no division of the country.(Twitter)
BJP’s national secretary Shrikant Sharma has said that now there will be no division of the country.(Twitter)

Now there will be no division of the country and if it happens, it will happen in our enemy country, BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said as he hit out at senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for his remarks at an event to felicitate Muslim freedom fighters.

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“BJP condemns his comments. History is witness that it was Congress which divided the country in its lust for power...Our government is committed to all-round development of the country. Congress is frustrated and conspiring against this government by levelling all kinds of baseless charges,” Sharma said.

Sharma alleged that a section of media is also involved in disinformation campaign against the government.

People rejected the Congress in 2014 and have thrown it out of power in many states, he said, insisting that the government is working for ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ but is being targeted as a part of conspiracy.

He noted that Congress leaders like Mani Shankar Aiyar and Salman Khurshid had targeted the Modi government from Pakistani soil with the former allegedly calling for toppling it.

“The least Congress can do is to not lecture us. We will continue to work for everybody’s development,” he said.

Azad on Wednesday accused the Modi government of “creating distances” among people in the country, alleging that attempts were being made to spread hatred of the kind witnessed during the partition.

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