A day after hitting out at Narendra Modi-led government for spurt in incidents of communal violence across the country, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that he party will attack the government over the issue.

Reiterating that there has been an increase in sectarian violence since the new government took over, the Congress president asked partymen to resist its "authoritarian and sectarian" tendencies.

In a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi government, Gandhi said: "It is our task to play the role of a vigilant Opposition, to stand up for the values and policies of the Indian National Congress, and to resist the authoritarian and sectarian tendencies of the new government as it tries to get its way in Parliament.”

Addressing the first meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the new Lok Sabha, Gandhi added: "This we have begun to do, I believe, with increasing effectiveness.”

Stepping up her attack on the BJP on communalism, she alleged that since the BJP has come to power there has been an alarming increase in number of incidents of communal violence.

"We have had hundreds of incidents of communal violence and rioting in Uttar Pradesh, in Maharashtra and a number of other States. In addition, there have been other subtle but pernicious signals of intolerance," Gandhi.

She acknowledged that it has been a "challenging time" for the Congress party.

But at the same time, she noted "the process of rebuilding and restoring the confidence of the public in the Congress Party has begun."



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