Rahul playing communal politics ahead of 2019 election: BJP
New Delhi, July 13 : The BJP on Friday claimed that Congress President Rahul Gandhi described his own party as a "Muslim party" and said he was playing communal politics ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nirmala Sitharam told the media: "Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress is a Muslim party. He must come clean and clarify his statement.
"Only yesterday ... the Congress President met a lot of Muslim intellectuals... And he said a whole lot of things (that) Muslims are the next Dalits. If all the Muslims who constitute 15 per cent of population of Bihar vote for us, that alone won't help us. We need Yadavs also.
"And to this he adds how his party plans to correct the course. This is an attempt to incite religion-based clashes," Sitharaman said.
Hitting out at the Congress leader, she alleged: "Rahul Gandhi became a janeu-dhaari during the Karnataka elections and now he has become a Muslim-dhaari.
"By calllng Muslims the next Dalits, what is he conveying?" she asked.
Sitharaman said the Congress shall be solely responsible if any disharmony takes between now and the 2019 elections.
"This closely resembles what happened in 1947 when the country was divided on the communal lines. Congress is playing a dangerous game playing the card of religion."
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Speeding truck collides with parked lorry in Raichur, driver killed
Raichur: A truck driver sustained serious injuries and died in a road accident in the taluk on Tuesday after his vehicle collided with a stationary truck near Mannikeri Camp on the outskirts of Javalagera.
The deceased driver, Amaresh Basavaraj, was travelling from Hospet to Raichur. Reportedly, he was driving at high speed and rammed into a parked truck carrying timber from Chikkamagaluru to Raichur.
Amaresh suffered severe head injuries, resulting in heavy bleeding, along with injuries to his stomach and knees. He was being taken to Sindhanur Taluk Hospital but reportedly died on the way near the Javalagera bus stand. The front of the truck he was driving was heavily damaged in the collision.
A case has been registered at Balagavoor Police Station, and Sub-Inspector Yariyappa Angadi is investigating the case.
