MIM is a communal party: Digvijay Singh

Hyderabad, Sept 15 (INN): AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh has described the former ally Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen as a communal party.

“We had a tie-up with the MIM earlier. But the recent statements made by the MIM leaders are highly communal in nature and the Congress party will not tolerate such communalism,” Digvijay Singh said while addressing the Greater Hyderabad Congress Convention at Jal Vihar here on Monday. He said that the Congress party treats both “Hindu communalism” and “Muslim communalism” equally and therefore, there was no question of aligning with the MIM in future. “They may try to create religious controversies in order to gain political mileage out of communal riots,” he said while referring to MIM and Sangh Parivar.

Digvijay Singh also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of communalism. He said the Prime Minister was trying in vain to hide his hatred against a particular community. He said those involved in communal riots were felicitated at the dais of Bharatiya Janata Party. He said any form of communalism was not good for the country, he said it was him, who as the Chief of Madhya Pradesh, recommended ban on both SIMI and RSS. Expressing regret over the arrest of innocent Muslim youth in the Mecca Masjid blast case, he said that involvement of Hindu right-wing activists in six major blasts was exposed during Congress regime.

The AICC General Secretary also condemned the biased reporting by a section of a media in reporting terror activities. He condemned media for not reporting the incident of a bomb blast which occurred while the bomb was being prepared by Sangh activities in Kerela.

Digvijay Singh asked the Congress workers to gear up for the GHMC polls. He said that the process of allocation of tickets would be decentralised and about 10 active workers in each division would be asked to select one person among themselves as the candidate. Else, they would be asked to shortlist three members to be picked as candidates for GHMC polls. He said new faces would be given an opportunity to contest elections. (INN)