Rahul's remarks on communal violence sparks a row
August 09, 2014  10:33
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi comments on communal violence have sparked a ward of words. "Communal riots in Uttar Pradesh are incited deliberately," Rahul said yesterday.

In comments made to a newspaper, the Congress leader said that the communal clashes in the state, ruled by the Samajwadi Party, were part of a deliberate strategy to "divide the poor and pit brother against brother".

The Bharatiya Janata Party slammed Gandhi scion today saying, "Rahul should introspect and decide the direction of his party."   

BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, "He should stop using his secularism formula. "People have rejected them (Congress) and he is still not able to understand," he added.
   
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