BJP’s PM candidate for 2014 Lok Sabha polls Narendra Modi lashed out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday for trying to ‘communalise’ the elections by meeting Jama Masjid’s Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari in order to seek Muslims votes for the party.
Addressing a rally here, the Gujarat Chief Minister said, “The Congress is making every effort to communalism the polls. It is worried about giving answers and that is why they are saying one thing – secularism, secularism, secularism.”
Further tearing into the grand old party Modi said, “Their games of secularism is now over. People have understood them. The Congress is defeated. So now from ‘secularism’ they have moved to open communalism.”
At the same time he urged the Election Commission to take sou motto action against Sonia for appealing for votes on religious lines and trying to polarise the elections.
“Seeking votes on basis of religion is against the laws of this nation. I urge the EC to take sou motto action against the Congress president.” He asked the crowd, “You tell me is it proper to appeal like this on religious grounds?” and added, “I demand an answer on price rise but the Congress asks, what about secularism. When I ask on jobs, they give the same answer. I say give water to farmers but they say first talk secularism. I want to ask you, aren’t the issues I raise important.””
Invoking his tea seller background Modi said, “Congress never thought that a son of a poor man will ask them on how they fooled the nation.”