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Congress accuses NDA, Sangh Parivar of spreading hatred
New Delhi, April 12
The Congress slammed the
ruling NDA government on Sunday for spreading hatred, after an article
in Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamna sought revoking voting rights of
Muslims.
"The Saamna thinks it lives in some Talibanised land and
not in a democratic country like India. The Saamna has no place in
culture like ours," Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters
here on Sunday.
Congress leader Anand Sharma asked why communal comments keep pouring in despite of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assurances.
"It
is very clear you have elements who are out to create conflict and
division in the society and inflame passion. Despite the prime
minister's repeated assurances in parliament, senior (BJP) leaders and
members of Sangh Parivar keep making such statements," Sharma told
reporters.
"It is time they realise, they have been elected to provide governance not to create daily commotion," he said.
In
an article published in the latest issue of the Saamna, Shiv Sena
leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut addressed All India
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi as "Owaisi bhai
from Hyderabad" and said: "As long as Muslim votes are for sale, the
community will remain backward and its leaders will become rich."
In
the article written in Marathi, he said it was because of this that the
late Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray had said "voting rights for
Muslims should be taken away".