Secular values under threat due to ideology of BJP, RSS: Sonia
April 16, 2014  20:02
Launching a scathing attack on BJP and RSS, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said secular values of the country are under "threat" because of their ideology of "sectarian politics and hatred".

"Every man and woman in Telangana safeguarded the secular values which are soul of India. Mahatma Gandhi, all freedom fighters and other great leaders had this vision", the UPA chairperson said, addressing an election rally here in Telangana, which goes to polls on April 30.

"Indiramma (Indira Gandhi) and Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed their lives for those values, but today they are under threat because of the ideology of RSS and BJP. The Congress never discriminated against any one based (on) religion, caste, creed and language. Congress always tried to bring people together," she said.

Gandhi said, "BJP and connected organisations are doing sectarian politics and spreading hatred".
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