The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused Meghalayaโs ruling Congress of โcommunalizingโ the February 27 assembly polls in the state instead of replying to the โchargesheetโ on the โ15 Years of Loot, 15 Years of Destructionโ during its three terms.
โThe Congress party is creating a negative campaign. The Congress party is communalizing this election. The Congress party is running away from its shameful track record. The Congress is unable to answer to the scams against it and unable to say why they have not kept promises made 15 years in Meghalaya,โ BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli told journalists.
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โThe Congress leaders should at least once travel beyond the National Highway between Guwahati and Shillong and realize how there are more potholes and less of roads, how children donโt go to school because teachers are not there, how there is no development,โ he asked.
Accusing the Congress of using โdivisive agendaโ in seeking public support, Kohli said: โThey are trying to force these agendas and are spreading lies with regards to eating habits, but we have always said political parties donโt decide what food people of an area have or what clothes they wearโฆโ
On the Congress calling BJP โanti-Christianโ, he said: โI am charging the Congress party with trying to communalize this election and trying to force the churches into politics which is very unfortunate.โ
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โAre you saying the Christians in Goa are anti-Christian for voting for the BJP? Are you saying the BJP ministers who are Christians whether in Goa or Manipur and Christian voters are anti-Christian?โ he asked.