(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Congress president Rahul Gandhi yesterday alleged that Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) shares Bharatiya Janata Party's ideology of hatred and divisiveness.
In the first direct and bitter attack on the former ally of Congress, Gandhi said both parties have the same ideology and thinking.
Gandhi was addressing a public meeting to mark Rajiv Sadbhavana Yatra at the historic Charminar here last night. Speaking in the old city of Hyderabad, the bastion of MIM, he spared no words to target the party.
The Congress president said for the first time in India's history, a prime minister and his followers were engaged in spreading hatred and working to divide the country.
He said Dalits, tribals, Muslims, women and other weaker sections were living in fear across the country due to the ideology of hatred.
Gandhi said the country was witnessing a fight between two ideologies. The Congress believes in unity and wants to carry all people with it, Gandhi said, adding the party was fighting against the forces which are spreading hatred.
'This country does not belong to one particular religion, caste or region. This is the country of all people, he said and pointed out that the Constitution gives right to every Indian to live peacefully.
Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi installed the portrait of Savarkar in Parliament despite the fact that when Mahatma Gandhi and Congress leaders were in jails for fighting against the British, he wrote a letter of apology to British and requested them to release him.
'He was not Veer (brave), remarked Gandhi. The Congress president alleged that BJP, Telangana Rashtra Samithi and MIM were hand in glove. He said TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao backed demonetisation though economists world over have termed it the biggest mistake.
Earlier, Gandhi presented Rajiv Sadbhavana award to former Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah.
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