Unable to digest 'moral defeat', BJP resorting to 'communal politics': Gaurav Gogoi
The Hindu
Gaurav Gogoi accuses BJP of resorting to communal politics post-2024 election defeat, citing instances in UP and Assam.
Congress' deputy leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on July 20 alleged that the ruling BJP was resorting to its "old brand of communal politics", as it was "unable to digest the moral defeat" in the Parliamentary elections.
He claimed that this was being manifested in instances such as the order in Uttar Pradesh to owners of eateries to display their names during the Kanwar Yatra and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma targeting a specific community over population figures.
"The BJP has not been able to digest the moral defeat it suffered in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, that is why in every State, they are back to their old brand of communal politics," Mr. Gogoi said in Guwahati.
He cited the instances of the Uttar Pradesh government asking owners of eateries along the route of Kanwar Yatra to display their names and in Assam, the "politics over the population of a specific community".
Mr. Sarma, on July 19, claimed that the decadal growth of Muslims in Assam was around 30% and they will become a majority by 2041, with Muslims already becoming 40% of the State's population "as per statistical sampling".
In Uttar Pradesh, the Muzaffarnagar Police have asked all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the owner's name, claiming that its advisory was aimed at avoiding any "confusion".
The order, to be in force for the duration of the yatra, has been slammed by the Opposition parties and some members of the ruling alliance, who say it targets Muslim traders.