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What did Congress do to stop Modi from growing: Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar: What has the Congress done to stop BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from growing, asked PDP president Mehbooba Mufti who described the 2002 Gujarat riots as "very, very bad" and said that "as

IANS IANS Updated on: March 26, 2014 18:18 IST
"They hanged Afzal Guru. They picked up Afzal Guru from 28th number. If the BJP were shouting for Afzal Guru's blood, the Congress handed them Afzal Guru on a platter. They played a double communal card," she said.

Mohammad Afzal Guru, convicted for the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, was executed Feb 9, 2013.

So, is the PDP talking either to the NDA or the UPA for future alliances?

"No, we are not talking to anyone."

"Even when we were in alliance with the Congress in J&K, the NC (National Conference) was in alliance with the NDA.

"But despite that Atalji (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) gave us a tourism package which has benefitted everybody. He gave us the super highway. That super highway was stopped at Vijaypur in Jammu, but my father (Muftiy Mohammad Sayeed) told Atalji when you say Kashmir to Kanyakumari is one, why have you stopped the super highway there? The project was then extended to the entire state," she said.

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