Cong doing politics of minority appeasement: BJP
The Uttar Pradesh Congress in an attempt to reach out to Muslims ahead of the state Assembly elections has started ruffling feathers and paving the way for polarization of votes.
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress in an attempt to reach out to Muslims ahead of the state Assembly elections has started ruffling feathers and paving the way for polarization of votes.
The state Congress has been distributing a 16-point 'Sankalp Patra' (manifesto) with promises to the community if the party comes to power in the state. However, the Congress move to distribute the Sankalp Patra outside the mosques in all the Assembly constituencies in the state, has evoked a strong reaction from the BJP which has accused the party of minority appeasement.
Taking a dig at the Congress for appeasing the community by approaching it outside 8,432 mosques during Friday prayers, BJP spokesman Om Prakash Singh said, "From protesting against Ram temple to shedding tears for terrorists, Congress has always been doing the politics of appeasement. Now the Congress has set out on a mission to distribute its Sankalp Patra outside mosques in UP."
He said that this exercise showcased the Congress desperation to regain lost ground in Uttar Pradesh. "But the party will only sink further with such tactics," he added The UPCC minority cell chairman Shahnawaz Alam said that the party has been distributing the 'Sankalp Patra' to draw the attention of the people in front of main mosques in all the Assembly constituencies. The Sankalp Patra consists of issues connected with the minority community.
