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EC notice to Rahul for his ISI-Muzaffarnagar riot victim remarks

New Delhi: The Election Commission today issued a notice to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for his speeches in which he said Pakistan's ISI was in touch with Muzaffarnagar riot victims and charged BJP with

PTI Updated on: October 31, 2013 23:46 IST


“BJP felt that unless there is a Hindu versus Muslim situation in Uttar Pradesh, they would not do well. So, they set this fire,” Gandhi alleged, adding it was Congress which had “doused the fire”.

Gandhi claimed the intelligence official told him he was convincing the youngsters to stay away from the influence of Pakistani operatives.

“They (BJP) have set this fire, now who will douse it?  Wherever they go, they set this fire thinking they will benefit in the elections. But they don't see that it damages the country,” Gandhi said.

In a sharp attack on BJP at a series of rallies in Churu and Alwar in Rajasthan, Rahul alleged its “politics of anger and hate” was fanning communal tensions and damaging the country's secular fabric.

“I was seeing my face in their grief. That is why I am against their (BJP's) politics....What do they do. They will put Muzaffarnagar on fire, Gujarat on fire, UP on fire and Kashmir on fire and then you and we will have to douse that.  This damages the country,” he had said.



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