PTI, NEW DELHI: The BJP is practising a “frightening level” of communal polarisation in its campaign in election-bound states, senior Congress leader and party strategist Jairam Ramesh has alleged, adding this was more than an electoral challenge for the Congress.
Ramesh also alleged that for every Amit Shah, the BJP chief, there are “10 Amit Shahs” of the RSS practicing covert polarization, comments that came amid renewed calls for construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya.
The BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have previously accused the Congress of dividing the society by indulging in caste and religious politics and appeasement of minorities, in response to allegations of communal polarisation.
Ramesh said the high degree of communal polarization the BJP allegedly resorted to was responsible for the “staggering” mandate for the party in the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh last year and it was continuing in the poll-bound states
“The only explanation I have for the UP win of the BJP is the frightening level of communal polarization which incidentally they have been trying to do in the states now also. They are doing this in Chhattisgarh and certainly in MP and Rajasthan,” Ramesh told PTI in an interview over the weekend.
Ramesh further alleged that the modern name of ‘tanashaahi’ (dictatorship) was Amit Shah and that Narendra Modi was “not prime ministerial” in his election campaign as he indulged in “falsification of history and abuse of political rivals”. He said Modi should not demand respect but should command respect of people as prime minister.
The senior Congress leader also alleged that “false news” was the biggest enterprise in “Make in India” under the Modi government.
