Cong accuses BJP of communalising issue

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday accused the BJP of playing politics on the lynching incident in Maharashtra and said the saffron party’s attempts at politicising and communalising the issue were shameful.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the incident of mob lynching in Gadchinchli village on the border of Dadar Nagar Haveli is extremely unfortunate and the Congress party unequivocally condemns it.
“There is no communal or Hindu-Muslim angle to the attack as is being sought to be projected by those, who see an opportunity in every such incident to inflame communal passion. We urge all such persons and groups including political parties and a section of the media to desist from doing so,” Surjewala said in a statement.
“Tragically, BJP and its eco system as also a section of media are attempting to project the incident with communal overtones. These attempts to politicise are deeply shameful and must be rejected with the contempt they deserve,” he said.
Earlier in the day, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the BJP of playing politics on the Palghar incident. “I think the BJP is playing politics at a very very disturbing moment in our society’s history,” Jairam Ramesh told journalists at a press conference held online. (PTI)