New Delhi, Aug 13: A day after hitting out at Narendra Modi-led government for spurt in incidents of communal violence across the country, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that he party will attack the government over the issue.
She also reiterated that there has been an increase in sectarian violence since the new government took over.
At the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meet held this morning, Sonia Gandhi also said: "Congress will fight with full might to revive itself”.
Congress must resist divisive and authoritarian politics of the BJP government, added Gandhi ahead of tabling of communal violence bill in Parliament.
The Congress chief further accused Modi government of imitating UPA schemes and following a policy of minimum governance.
During the meet, Sonia Gandhi said: "It is a challenging time. Our numbers have reduced in Lok Sabha but not in Rajya Sabha."
Noting that “narrow political considerations cannot take predominance”, Gandhi told the CPC members to forget internal differences, be together, and work hard to get party back to power.
She also warned that the moment the BJP behaves in a dictatorial way, "we will stand up and fight". "We'll fight divisive and authoritative politics of BJP and bounce back."
Earlier in the day, Congress gave adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss communal violence bill.
On Tuesday, Sonia Gandhi attacked the Narendra Modi government, saying the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra were "created deliberately to divide our society". The government rubbished the charges, and called them "baseless".
Her attack on the Modi government came after her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi slammed the Centre on the issue.
He held an unprecedented noisy protest and also trooped to the Lok Sabha Speaker's podium on August 06, demanding a debate on rising communal violence in Uttar Pradesh.
In the meantime, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee targeted the BJP without naming it, saying some political parties were trying to cause a communal divide in the state and warned that her party will take strong action against those fomenting riots.
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