Govt won’t allow communal forces to gain upper hand: PM

Highlighting the terrorist incidents and communal riots during the previous NDA rule, PM Manmohan Singh said his government will not allow communal and divisive forces to gain an upper hand.

Highlighting the terrorist incidents and communal riots during the previous NDA rule, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his government will not allow communal and divisive forces to gain an upper hand.

Addressing the AICC session, Singh spoke about the achievements of his three-and-a-half year-old government in various sectors and expressed determination to push all-round development with an aim of ensuring benefits for all sections of the society.

He said special focus was being given to improvement of education, healthcare, rural development and infrastructure building besides uplift of minorities and backward classes.

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Slamming the NDA government’s ‘India Shining’ campaign as a ‘flawed concept’, he asked “Shining for whom? Shining for which region? Shining for which class of people?”

Singh referred to the incidents of terror and communal riots during the BJP-led rule.

“Do think about the conditions prior to 2004. Communal tensions were at their peak throughout the country and attempts were being made to divide people on the basis of religion, caste, language,” the Prime Minister said.