Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y.S. Sharmila on April 23 (Tuesday) launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of “spewing venom against the Congress party” at a recent meeting in Rajasthan.
Addressing an election meeting at Bapatla, Ms. Sharmila referred to Mr. Modi’s speech, a part of which has become controversial now. “Mr. Modi says that the Congress will snatch even the mangalasutras of women and redistribute wealth among the Muslim minorities in the country, if voted to power. The BJP is whipping up communal passions to garner votes,” Ms. Sharmila said, adding that “this is precisely why Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was vehemently opposed to this communal party.”
The State Congress president alleged that scores of women “lost their mangalasutras’ in the Godhra riots and during the Manipur violence when Mr. Modi was in power.
