BJP inciting religious tension, PM remark on Ayodhya dispute unacceptable: Yechury

Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that the Congress had threatened the judges of the Ayodhya dispute case, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Monday said the BJP government in the country was "inciting religious tension" to secure vote bank.

The saffron party was fuelling communal polarisation in the country by making "unacceptable statements", he said.

On Sunday, Modi alleged that the Congress had threatened Supreme Court judges with impeachment when they tried to hear the Ayodhya dispute cases earlier this year.

Without naming anyone, the PM claimed that the Congress party's Rajya Sabha members, who are also lawyers, had tried to scare away the apex court judges to ensure the hearing in the cases is delayed until after the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Addressing a press meet at Town Hall here Monday, Yechuri said, "The allegation that the opposition was interfering with court proceedings is completely unacceptable. Modi, through this statement, has given rise to a fascism trend, undermining democracy in our country."
Talking about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) feud, the veteran CPI(M) leader said, "The government carried out a midnight coup against its own investigation agency. It is like (US President) Donald Trump carrying out a midnight coup against the FBI in the US."