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This is an archive article published on November 24, 2011

Cong now raises deaths of Pandya, Sohrabuddin aide

Forced on the backfoot after CM Narendra Modi shifted from development to Hindutva card...

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Forced on the backfoot after CM Narendra Modi shifted from development to Hindutva card about a week before the first phase of polling in Gujarat, the Congress is now trying to turn the table on him by highlighting the 8220;Hindu victims of Modi regime8221;.

While the Chief Minister sought to raise the communal pitch at a rally last Tuesday by justifying the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an alleged fake police encounter, the Congress plans to highlight the killing of Tulsi Prajapati, Sheikh8217;s associate. Besides, the Opposition party in the state would also rake up the murder of former Home Minister Haren Pandya, Modi8217;s main rival in Gujarat.

8220;Modi went back to his old rhetoric because he had nothing to say on development front. People of Gujarat are, no doubt, emotional, but they are definitely not fools. After Modi has conceded to the killing of Sohrabuddin, people are asking who killed Tulsi Prajapati? Who killed Haren Pandya?8221; said AICC general secretary B K Hari Prasad.

A rape and murder case in Junagadh that had enraged the entire Koli community is also being highlighted. Prasad said the Congress president had raised it. 8220;Soniaji had talked about Chandni case. Instead of replying to that, Modi is talking about Sohrabuddin. People will see through his game,8221; Hari Prasad said, speaking from Ahmedabad.

8220;Justifying Sohrabuddin8217;s killing reflected Modi8217;s disturbed mind. He took oath to protect and defend the Constitution; he is making a mockery of it. People in Gujarat cannot give anybody the licence to kill,8221; said Manish Tiwari, AICC secretary looking after Gujarat affairs.

Congress sources said they had anticipated Modi8217;s shift to the communal plank as his claims about development were turning into another 8216;India Shining campaign8217;.

 

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