Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party for accusing the Congress of being anti-Hindu, saying it was a measure of the fear and uncertain future faced by the saffron party.
Dr Singh, who arrived in Surat for campaigning, took the BJP head on and said it was not a good sign for any political party to divide the country on communal lines. Addressing a press conference, Dr Singh rejected the charge of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi that the Congress was anti-Hindu.
"The Congress has a history of 120 years. The Congress is a gift of great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhai Patel. I think to accuse the Congress of any communal bias is an insult to the memory of our freedom struggle," he said.
He said the fact that somebody is now trying to paint the Congress party in wrong colour is a measure of the fear and the uncertain future that faces them.