Modi targets Cong on 'vote bank politics', brings up Kanhaiya murder

NT Bureau, Agencies

Jaipur: Prime Minister Modi on Monday accused the Congress of playing vote bank politics in Rajasthan, claiming the party was worried about this even when tailor Kanhaiya Lal was killed in Udaipur last year.

He brought up the episode while addressing a meeting in Chittorgarh. The tailor was murdered on June 28 last year by two men who accused him of insulting Islam.

"Tell me, had you ever imagined what happened in Udaipur? Such a big sin was committed in Rajasthan, which has followed the tradition of not attacking the enemy by deceit. People come on the pretext of getting clothes stitched and cut the tailor's throat without any fear,'' he said.