Reiterating his charge that the ruling Congress in Rajasthan sympathises with terrorists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the party’s “appeasement policy” was taking the State in a direction where its culture and traditions would be in danger. Mr. Modi said slogans supporting terrorists were heard everywhere in the State.
“The morale of terrorists and rioters has soared in the Congress rule. They have become bold with the support of the ruling party,” Mr. Modi said at an election rally at Baytu in Balotra district. He had made a similar charge at a rally in Udaipur last week, when he said tailor Kanhaiya Lal’s murder took place because of the Congress, sympathetic to terrorists, being in power.
The Prime Minister said the people in Rajasthan could not celebrate any of their festivals peacefully during the last five years because of recurring riots, curfews and stone pelting incidents. “Congress has hurt the State’s pride… People’s livelihood was lost in the violence. Shops were burnt and looted,” he said, while calling upon the voters to remove the Congress from power in the coming Assembly election.
