Lucknow, January 29: BJP today challenged AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi to become the Prime Minister of the country before the 2014 general elections. It claimed that Congress and other political parties were just fighting for minority votes, while the majority community was being ignored in the Uttar Pradesh elections. If the Congress has the courage then Rahul Gandhi should come and take over the reins from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the next two years, said BJP general secretary and spokesperson Ravishanker Prasad while commenting on the promises made by Congress leaders to the people of Uttar Pradesh during election meetings. Talking to mediapersons, Mr Prasad alleged that Congress and other parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, were just interested in Muslim votes while the majority community was being ignored. Salman Rushdie has been coming to India frequently for the past 23 years even after ban but suddenly preventing him to enter the country was just a move to appease the hardliner Muslims before the UP assembly polls, he added. He also questioned SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav that how would he give 18 per cent reservation to the Muslims in UP as per his promise made during the election meetings. Holding both the Congress and the SP responsible for the backwardness of the Muslim community, the BJP leader alleged that Congress has never cared for the Muslims during his over 60 years of rule in the country.
—–Agencies