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Yechury: BJP whipping up communal passions

NEW DELHI: The Sethusamudram controversy has provided grist to the communal mill led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party, says CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury.

In an article “Misusing Faith” in the latest issue of the party organ People’s Democracy, he said the government correctly decided to withdraw certain parts of the affidavit filed by the Archaeological Survey of India in the Supreme Court in the Sethusamudram project case.

“It is, indeed, strange that the UPA government had allowed such extraneous comments to be filed in the affidavit, in the first place. Notwithstanding this, the RSS/BJP, bereft as they are of any constructive agenda for improving the people’s livelihood, have found an issue around which they seek to rouse communal passions for political benefits. ”

Maintaining that there was no scientific evidence of man-made structures in the Adam’s Bridge area, Mr. Yechury accused the BJP of communalising Sethusamudram and other issues to gain political advantage.

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