Country going through very difficult phase: Congress

Against the backdrop of two incidents of lynching and the death of a truck cleaner after an attack, Congress today said the country was passing through a difficult phase which was not good for its prosperity and economic growth.
Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said,"These days, the situation is very bad in the country as it is going through a difficult phase. It is a matter of concern for the entire nation as it is not good for the prosperity and economic growth of the country."
He was asked about the lynchings in Dadri area of UP and in Himachal Pradesh and controversial statements made by BJP leaders over it.

The Congress leader, who was in Jammu to take part in a party function, accused the ruling NDA ministers and MPs of giving controversial statements which was "vitiating" the atmosphere of the country.
"It has never happened in the past that the ministers and the MPs of the ruling party give statements which vitiate the atmosphere in the country. The role of the ruling party in the past has always been to bring situation under control if anything bad used to happen," Azad said.