Clear attempt to divide country along communal lines: Sonia attacks Modi

Trivandrum: Taking a dig at the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday blamed the Centre for a spurt in communal violence in the country.

Addressing a rally in Thiruvananthapuram, Gandhi said that there was a deliberate attempt to divide the nation.

"There has been a spurt in communal violence in the country, especially in some states, after the new government came to power. Communal violence took place in Uttar Pradesh and in Maharashtra also. These indeed are created deliberately to divide our society along religious lines, so we should do our bit to create a pluralistic society," she said.

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi’s remarks that communal violence in Uttar Pradesh is “deliberately engineered” gave fresh ammunition to the BJP which accused the Congress of indulging in communal politics and said the leader’s statement itself reflected such a thinking.