BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel accused the Congress of keeping the minorities away from the BJP for the sake of its leaders’ selfish gains.
Inaugurating the state-level training camp of the BJP’s Minority Morcha in Mysuru on Monday, Mr Kateel said the Congress projected the BJP as a ghost to the minorities while claiming itself as their saviour. Though the Congress projected itself as a party that would help the minorities progress in life, it was only the Gandhi family and the Congress leaders who progressed, he said.
He sought to remind the gathering it was the BJP that appointed noted scientist Abdul Kalam as the country’s President and a crusader of labour rights, George Fernandes, as the country’s Defence Minister. Similarly, the party had also promoted former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi as a leader, he said, and added that the BJP had identified leaders from not only the Muslim community but also the Christian community.
