AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh has described former Congress ally Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen as a communal party.
"We had a tie-up with the MIM earlier. But the recent statements made by the MIM leaders are highly communal in nature, and the Congress party will not tolerate such communalism," Singh said while addressing the Greater Hyderabad Congress Convention at Jal Vihar on Monday.
He said that the Congress party treated both "Hindu communalism" and "Muslim communalism" equally, and therefore there was no question of aligning with the MIM in the future.
"They try to create religious controversies in order to gain political mileage out of communal riots," he said while referring to the MIM and the Sangh Parivar.
Singh also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of communalism.
He said that the Prime Minister was trying in vain to hide his hatred for a particular community, and that those involved in communal riots were felicitated at the dais of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He stated that no form of communalism was good for the country, and that it was he who, as the Chief of Madhya Pradesh, recommended a ban on both SIMI and RSS.
Expressing regret over the arrests of innocent Muslim youth in the Mecca Masjid blast case, he said that the involvement of Hindu right-wing activists in 6 major blasts was exposed during the Congress regime.
The AICC General Secretary also condemned the biased reporting by a section of a media in reporting terror activities.
He condemned the media for not reporting the incident of a bomb blast that occurred while the bomb was being prepared by Sangh activists in Kerala.
Singh also asked Congress workers to gear up for the GHMC polls.
He said that the process of allocation of tickets would be decentralised, and that about 10 active workers in each division would be asked to select one person from amongst themselves as the candidate.
Else, they would be asked to shortlist 3 members to be picked as candidates for the GHMC polls.
He said that new faces would be given an opportunity to contest the elections. (INN)