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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  If communal tension persists, BJP will form govt in UP: Amit Shah
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If communal tension persists, BJP will form govt in UP: Amit Shah

Shah puts the blame on the 'one-sided approach' of the Uttar Pradesh police for the rise in communal tension in the state

BJP president Amit Shah criticizes Congress president Sonia Gandhi for blaming the BJP for the rise in communal clashes in the country. Photo: AFPPremium
BJP president Amit Shah criticizes Congress president Sonia Gandhi for blaming the BJP for the rise in communal clashes in the country. Photo: AFP

New Delhi: If communal tension continues in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the next government in the state, party president Amit Shah has said.

He also criticized Congress president Sonia Gandhi for blaming the BJP for the rise in communal clashes in the country and her charge that more than 600 communal incidents had taken place during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime.

Shah instead put the blame on the “one-sided approach" of the Uttar Pradesh police for the rise in communal tension.

“Maharashtra and Haryana are going to the polls. Why is there no communal tension? Why only in UP? If communal tension continues in UP, I can tell you, BJP will form the next government in UP with a clear majority," Shah told India TV, according to a release from the channel.

The BJP president also criticized media reports about ministers in the Narendra Modi government as “misleading and baseless" and charged the media with making an unsuccessful attempt at tarnishing the image of the BJP-led government.

“A large section of media is trying to tarnish our government’s image but has failed." he said while talking about ‘baseless’ reports on home minister Rajnath Singh’s son and Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Dharmendra Pradhan.

“If the newspapers think their reports are correct, let them at least name the ministers and the sources of their reports," he said.

Notwithstanding the setback the party has received in the recent assembly bypolls, Shah claimed the BJP will get a two-third majority in Haryana and will form governments in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir as well.

“Though our party suffered some reverses in the recent assembly bye-elections, I am confident that the forthcoming assembly polls in four states will make everything clear. All these four states will have BJP governments," he said. “Formation of governments in these four states will be the achievement of the next stage of our agenda of Congress-free India."

Admitting that some issues were required to be ironed out with its alliance partner Shiv Sena in Maharashtra ahead of assembly polls in the state, Shah said, “Our alliance with the Shiv Sena has been there for many years. As far as differences are concerned, it is our internal matter, and will be ironed out among ourselves." PTI

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Published: 06 Sep 2014, 07:33 PM IST
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