BJP slams Sonia Gandhi on “Virus of Hate” remark

Tarun Chugh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary on Saturday slammed the Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi’s ‘virus of hate’ remark. He said that the grand old party has been “spreading hatred” for decades for vote bank politics.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday lashed out at the Centre and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) saying that a virus of hatred, bigotry, intolerance and lies is engulfing the country today.

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In an editorial in a newspaper, the Congress chief slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the RSS, blaming them for the increasing communal violence in the country.

“Congress kept the virus of hatred, to its zenith for decades, destroyed the country’s culture for vote bank politics, that Congress is advising us today,” Chugh said. Further attacking the Congress, Chugh said that the party, under whose regime, there were four riots every year and the infamous Shah Bano judgment was passed is talking about communalism today.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has a clear policy which is ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, and Sabka Vishwas’,” he added.

“I will make a request to Sonia Gandhi Ji, choose your words as wisely as you can. If you look into the heart of the Congress, if there is an organization that spreads communalism the most, then it is the Congress,” he further said.

“The task of spreading the infection is done by the top leadership of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi said that Hindutva is like ISIS and Boko Haram, the virus of hatred. Ten big riots in the country in which thousands of people died, all these riots happened during the rule of Congress party, be it in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bhagalpur or others,” he stated.