DHAKA: Accusing BJP of fanning communal flames, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the party’s ‘politics of hatred’ was damaging the country’s fabric and apprehended he may also be assassinated like his grandmother and father, who had fallen victim to it.

Striking an emotional chord, the Congress Vice President said that when he visited riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh sometime back and talked to both Hindus and Muslims, he could see his own story in their words.

‘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,’ Gandhi said.

He said that such politics leads to anger and resentment and precious lives are lost in violence.

‘My grandmother was killed. My father was assassinated and perhaps I may also be killed one day. I am not bothered. I had to tell you what I felt from the heart,’ Gandhi said and vowed to oppose BJP’s politics, reports The Times of India.

BDST: 1846 HRS, OCT 23, 2013
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