'Communal forces' should not be allowed to grab power: Tewari

In a veiled attack on BJP, Union Minister Manish Tewari today said communal and fascist forces, which are raising their "ugly heads" under the garb of nationalism, should not be allowed to come to the power as it is not in interest of the country.
Congress had a history and tradition of sacrifices for safeguarding the unity and integrity of the country, while other parties had only the "history of hatred" to their credit, the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister said.
He was addressing a meeting of party leaders and workers at Mullanpur Dakha near here today.
"....Allowing communal and fascist forces to grab power will not be in the interest of the country," said Tewari.

He asked Congress workers to create awareness among people against "communal and fascist" forces.
Claiming that political atmosphere in Punjab was perfectly favourable for Congress, the Ludhiana MP claimed that people were fed up with the seven-year long "misrule" of the Akali-BJP alliance.

Tewari said, the Akali-BJP alliance had only made "hoax" promises and not delivered anything on the ground.
He urged people to ask the Akalis for their balance sheet as what they had claimed to do and what they have actually done.
"The only thing where they have an unbeaten record is in accumulating the state debts and pushing Punjab towards bankruptcy," he said.

Compared to that, people are aware of the ten years of "great" achievements of the UPA government at the Centre, which has changed the face of the nation, the minister claimed.
The minister told the party workers that the forthcoming parliamentary elections will give them a chance to show their resentment against the state government.
"They must not take your vote for granted," he cautioned while maintaining that an "imminent defeat" in the Lok Sabha polls will hopefully serve as a warning signal to them and they may pay some attention to the public welfare.