Assam Assembly elections | AIUDF, ISF and IUML ‘new secular syndicate’ of Congress: Naqvi

“This new secular syndicate is the height of hypocrisy of the Congress,” says Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on March 30 termed the All India United Democratic Front in Assam, Indian Secular Front in West Bengal and Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala as the “new secular syndicate of the Congress”. Mr. Naqvi, who is in Guwahati to campaign in the Assam Assembly elections, told PTI in an exclusive interview, “This new secular syndicate is the height of hypocrisy of the Congress.” Congress is partnering with the three parties mentioned in the ongoing elections in Assam, West Bengal and Kerala respectively. The Assembly elections in the four States including Assam and Union Territory of Puducherry is a battle for mandate between “communal vote bank owners” and “inclusive development practitioners”, asserted the union Minorities Affairs Minister.