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    Congress indulging in communal politics in UP: Jaitley

    Lucknow, Feb 12 (IANS) Attacking Law Minister Salman Khurshid over his defiant stand on a quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Sunday accused the Congress leaders of indulging in communal politics for votes.

    "There is a method to this politics, divide the society on religion and get votes. It seems the Congress leaders have lost their mental balance and are doing things in desperation," he told reporters here.

    Linking the UP elections to recent incidents, Jaitley said: "First Salman Rushdie was stopped from attending the literary festival in Jaipur. The fact that Salman Rushdie was prevented from coming to Jaipur or even addressing festival on video link was clear indication of Congress succumbing before fundamentalists."

    Attacking the Congress, he said that there was no place for religious base reservations under the law.

    "Despite that, the central government announced 4.5 percent reservation for Muslims and now law minister kept saying to increase it to 9 percent," Jaitley said.

    He said that Khurshid's announcement that party president Sonia Gandhi cried at seeing pictures of Batla House gunfight was an attempt to get votes of fundamentalists.

    "When the union home ministry has clearly said that Batla House was a genuine encounter and it badly affected terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, bringing down number of blast incidents in the country. But Khurshid and Digvijay Singh have kept questioning it," he said.

    He asked had any Congress leader cried for those killed in 26/11 Mumbai attacks or at the death of security personnel in 2011 parliament attack.

     

    39 comments

    • dinesh  •  3 months ago
      Those who come to power under the guise of democratic process when they know they have the ways to manage it, this is not new. The deep rooted design ( not yet thought as corruption) had been the abolition of the agro enterprenuers (zamindars) and looting their legal land holdings without compensation by all in power. Most majority families, by nature pure and simple, working as institutions (joint families) were shattered, oppressed and repressed over the years, a culture killed. Today they may be farmers with meagre holdings that is unviable due to the system and restrictive policies. On the other hand smart Industry and trusts hold huge lands. Who will restore or compensate the damage done to the zamindar majority families. It is surprising that no one raises the issue. So it does not surprise us that those in power can be Hippocratic, flare communal, reservations on demand.
      • Rohit 3 months ago
        Congress-leaders won't shed any tears for such families who have suffered for no fault of theirs.
    • TITU  •  3 months ago
      all are bloody cheaters.
      • srikanth 3 months ago
        Yes I do agree with u
    • Sureshkant  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  3 months ago
      Both the ways Congress is Lucky. 1 Law Minister successfully massaged that Congress is the Real Well Wisher of the Minority. 2. If Drama of his Removal is staged he will be martyr for the Minorities.
    • MONTY  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  3 months ago
      Congress some time insultSahid M.C.Sharma .His family is suffering and their children have lost their father and Congress leaders get tears on seeing terrorist killed in Batla encounter .Now Mr.Jaitley is right Khurshid is taking unconstitutional matter like daily increasing minority reservation quota to gain cheap publicity among minorities.
    • Vs  •  3 months ago
      When Khurshid appeals to Muslims congress is secular. If BJP appeals for Hindu votes they are communal. When Satish Chandra Sharma was killed in batla encounter,Sonia did not shed tears.But when terrorists were killed she shed tears ,because they were muslims. Sometimes I feel that Iam not staying in India but in some islamic country.
    • Malhi Jagdeep  •  3 months ago
      with both main parties playing this cocktale of religion and politics thus creating more mess for society need of the hour is to have strong third front of socialist comrades
    • uttamkumar  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  3 months ago
      The congress party have very well understood the british way of ruling from the britishers who left our country after lot of sacrifice from people who are not in the record of history.
      DIVIDE AND RULE IS THE MANTRA.......but the sad part is very few in places like UP and Bihar must be accessing internet and this site to understand this things and even if they understand their vote is purchased with money "THE MOST POWERFUL THING IN TODAYS LIFE".
      • SanjayS 3 months ago
        which the government prints, even is said 20% Rs1000/ are printed in Pakistan we understand fraudsters like telgi and why government legitimizes fake stamp paper and money. They are the party of terrorist.
    • seeram  •  Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh  •  3 months ago
      If we allow the vote bank politics of congress continue in India, one day Muslims and Christians will be the majority religions and Hindus will be reduced to minority status in India .
      • SHAHANSHAH 3 months ago
        So now Hindus have to decided that they want to remain divided and ruled by others or stay together. If Muslims decide to vote for the parties who openly advocate Muslim appeasement policies then why Hindus should not vote for the party which thinks and cares from them which is BJP.
    • Madhavan  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  3 months ago
      Khurshid must not weaken Constitutional bodies (like Election Commission) the way that BJP was doing in the past with JM Lyngdoh etc
    • romesh  •  Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh  •  3 months ago
      The congress is ruling the country for 5 decades on the british policy of 'divide and rule' and their leaders are living in palatial bungalows and torture those who raise their voice against corruption and black money.
    • parvathi  •  3 months ago
      Jaitley sir this is a very old news. Congress has been doing this ever since its inception. Sonia can cry whenever she wants even without any incidences. We had completely forgotten Batla case but she made us remember through her tears. She can recall any incidence any time and can shed tears if that benefits her and her son. People like Diigy, Kursheed, Tiwari, Sibil, Singhvi will always be ready with the tissue / handkerchief to wipe her crocodile tears and invent still more imaginary incidences to stay in the party.
    • R P  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  3 months ago
      Absolutely true!!! When Congress very well knows that it has got no other way to win, it indulges in communal politics. If we look at the history of Congress wins, one can easily deduce that while Sardar Patel strive for the unification of India, this party over the years has been working towards division of the country in the name of religion, caste, creed, language etc. When nothing works for them, they resort to this as they very well know that we Indians are very weak and meek when it comes to this. We Indians should realize this nefarious intentions of this party to divide and rule the country and kick it out of power forever. Jai hind!!!
      • worried citizen 3 months ago
        R,I totally agree with you.My question is this.India now has the 60-70% population who gone through education system and updated their knowledge.My point is what is the meaning of an educatation if a person canot recognise the good and bad? We all know congress is heavily indulged in the dirty politics and still election after election,we bring them back to power.Why?
        We have provided congress a very cozy atmosphere to allow them to loot us.In rerality, we all are at fault of being robbed by congress.
    • Rajeeb  •  Kolkata, West Bengal  •  3 months ago
      Well said Mr. Jaitley
    • vijay  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  3 months ago
      It is like devil chanting mantras. BJP already trying to garner hindu votes. Each political party has got its own agenda, i.e., by hook or crook, get into the power and earn through corrupt means even to the extant of indulging criminal acts with impunity.
    • Dhiru  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  3 months ago
      shame on congress
    • honest speaker  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  3 months ago
      Thanksto Mohandas Gandhi, this divide and rule policy of congress is flurishing. Gandhi wanted to uplift the poor and downtroden at that time. But, congress using the name of Mahatma Gandhi, now misusing their power given by the people of India. With sole motivation to get vote, the present UPA government gone to the extent, the law minister who is suppose to uphold the law, breaks it, unnecessaary and false promises are given to the minority community and the nationa's treasure, the Hindusim is being attacked. The people of this great nation should unite, raise and throw this most inefficient and corrupted government post independence.
    • sun  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  3 months ago
      congress dont understant love they want gun or poeple taking into hand let us make revolution 2012
    • sun  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  3 months ago
      congress can never patriot
    • sun  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  3 months ago
      get rahul priyanka any patriot left and make gadaffi out of
    • sun  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  3 months ago
      now i feel why britishers left india they were better than congress as Italy is bad than UK
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