New Delhi:
The Congress today hit back at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that the ruling party wears the "veil of secularism" each time it faces a crisis and said that this conduct is better than communalism.
"The veil of secularism is much better than their (BJP's) communalism. Communalism divides the country," Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmad tweeted on Sunday night.
In his first rally after taking over as the election campaign committee chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an aggressive Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of cheating the people of the country by failing to keep its promise of poverty alleviation.
"They let the poor remain poor," he said at a rally in Pune. Taking a veiled dig at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Mr Modi added, "Their prince goes and spends the night in poverty-stricken homes. And he shows off the work of his ancestors."
"Whenever the Congress government is faced by trouble, they hide behind a veil of secularism so that no one questions them on real issues and problems," Mr Modi said.