Mumbai Congress slams BJP, Modi for dividing people with 'hatred'
Mumbai, July 23 : The Mumbai Congress on Monday plastered the city with over a 100 hoardings, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of dividing society and the nation with "hatred".
The hoardings, depicting Congress President Rahul Gandhi's famous hug with Modi during the no-confidence motion against the government in Lok Sabha, have been erected at prominent locations across the city and suburbs, attracting curious looks from commuters and passersby.
"The Congress will not allow BJP to propagate hatred and poison the minds of the peoplea They are indulging in this for the past four years using language, region, religion and caste as tools to spread violence," Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam told media persons.
He said people hailing from different social backgrounds live together with harmony and sense of brotherhood before the BJP came to power.
"But, they (BJP) have destroyed all this and the people are resentfula However, they won't be spared and we will defeat them with love," he remarked.
Gandhi's concluding statement in his Lok Sabha speech last week "Nafrat Se Nahi, Pyaar Se Jeetenge (We will win by Love, not Hatred)" also figures in large letters on the hoardings.
The city Congress chief said all party activists have been urged to spread the message of love as directed by Gandhi to help free the country from the grip of violence and hatred.
The hoardings are visible at CSM Terminus, Churchgate, Dadar, Andheri, Dahisar, Borivali, Jogeshwari, Ghatkopar, Byclla, the highways and other important sites.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
