— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) February 19, 2017The people of UP need jobs, better lives and livelihood, not talk of cremation sites or graveyards. — Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) February 19, 2017मोदी जी का ये बयान दिखाता है की भाजपा UP में बुरी तरह हार रही है और मोदी जी बहुत नर्वस हैं https://t.co/CIutV19Ogd— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 19, 2017This desperation to win state elections, by fanning communal divides, diminishes the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister. Muslims bury their dead in graveyards and Hindus cremate their dead.The Congress party said today that it will file a complaint with the Election Commission (EC), against PM Modi , "over (his) highly deplorable statement in Fatehpur rally", a Congress party lawyer KC Mittal told ANI. "He must not give such wrong and irresponsible statements. Kejriwal reiterated that Modi's "nervous" about the March 11 results of Assembly elections in five states.The CPM's Yechury also called Modi's a comments a "sign of desperation".

Source: Times of India February 20, 2017 04:53 UTC