2002 riots unfortunate: BJP

BJP president Rajnath Singh on Monday a day after he took on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for breaking an alliance of 17 years by making Narendra Modi an excuse targeted the Congress,

BJP president Rajnath Singh on Monday a day after he took on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for breaking an alliance of 17 years by making Narendra Modi an excuse targeted the Congress,calling it the most communal party suffering from secularitis.

He said the Congress has been trying in vain to corner the BJP in communalism versus secularism debate and has been targeting Modi for petty political gains to hide its multiple failures of governance.

While taking on the Congress for the 1984 and other riots which had taken place during its rule,Singh said: All riots,including one in Gujarat,are unfortunate. Before 2002,there had been 12,900 communal riots. How long will you nurse the old wounds?.

Asked if the BJP would apologise for the 2002 Gujarat riots,he said: All I am saying is all riots are unfortunate.

The BJP president wondered why the Central government has been taking too much interest in encounters that have taken place in Gujarat alone. After all,encounters have taken in several states. Where are the reports? Why such a hue and cry over Gujarat encounters alone?.

Singh also hinted at the BJP trying to get into pre-poll alliance with like-minded parties.

He warned political parties,including the JD(U),against falling into a big Congress trap in the name of joining secular forces.

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The BJP president,who concluded his two-day Bihar tour on Monday,asked party workers to launch an offensive against the JD(U) from Nitish Kumars home turf of Nalanda from June 29.

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