BOKARO/RANCHI: Pouncing on Congress Jharkhand in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir’s promise to give subsidized cooking gas cylinders to “infiltrators”, BJP termed Mir’s statement as “anti-national” and accused Congress of indulging in appeasement politics. Congress hit back at BJP, alleging the party was stuck on Hindu-Muslim politics.
In a video, Mir is heard saying at a rally in Bermo’s Chandrapura, “The price of gas cylinders would be reduced to Rs 450/cylinder from Dec 1 if our party forms a govt in the state. It would be provided to all — Hindus, Muslims, SCs, STs, ‘infiltrators’ — without any discrimination.” Reacting to Mir’s promise, PM Modi said at a rally in Maharashtra’s Panvel, “This is an example of the game they (Congress) are playing with the country and with the bright future of your children to get votes.”
“This is the true colour of Congress,” BJP Jharkhand in-charge Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Deoghar. Congress called the reactions “propaganda”. Congress’s Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo said, “BJP is unable to move beyond infiltrators and Hindu-Muslim in Jharkhand. They are mentally bankrupt as they have realised that people have rejected their agenda of religious polarization.”
