Mangalore: Congress Has Done Zilch for Minority Community Development—Anwar Manippady
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Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
Mangalore, Apr 22: “When the Congress government was in power, lots of communal disturbances occurred that hurt the minority community. However, that party only conspired to get political benefits from the minorities but did not help in their development in the least”, said Anwar Manippady, vice-president, BJP state committee.
Speaking in a press meet at the BJP electoral office, Manippady said, “From 1948 to 2004, there are 3,368 reported incidents of communal violence. Of these 3,111 took place during Congress rule in the state and 111 incidents were noted as serious. Most of these continued for weeks and months. But during the BJP rule, such violence has been controlled within 12 or 24 hours at the most.”
“The wooing of the minority community is something the Congress knows well, but their contribution to developmental projects for the community is very little. The Congress has a politically-motivated attitude towards Muslims and other minorities”, he alleged.
Manippady claimed that the BJP-led NDA which ruled India provided various packages to the Muslim community and the Congress has done no such thing despite ruling the country for over 55 years.
He added that the BJP-led state government had also provided similar packages to the minority sector with at least 75, 000 people from these communities in rural areas being the beneficiaries.
Manippady accused the Congress-led UPA government of treating the state in a step-motherly manner by neglecting security proposals, and railway development schemes.
“When the NDA was ruling a shortage of LPG, food, and fertilizers, did not take place but it all occurred under the UPA government. All these essential commodities went out of reach of the common man with the prices being hiked sky high”, he added.
BJP minority committee leader Franklin Monteiro, and Raheem Uchchil were present at the press meet. After the press meet, workers from the minority committee convened for a conference at the same venue.