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New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) Concerned over the BJP and the Left attacking the government on several issues in and outside Parliament, Congress today trained its guns on the "opportunistic anti-Congress alliance". Playing the secular card, the party asked the Left whether the threat posed by communalism was over. Congress spokesman Manish Tewari alleged that a "similar deal" between the opposition parties in the 70s and 80s led to the rise of communal forces in the late 80s and 90s, the result of which was disastrous. "We want to ask these so called secular parties. is the challenge posed by communalism over?" The nation should know that once again the responsibility of protecting secularism and the idea of India is on the Congress," Tewari added. The Congress'' statement has come in the backdrop of the BJP and the Left coming together on the issue of the cut motions in the Lok Sabha as also on the issue of price rise and the Nuclear Liabilities Bill. Tewari''s comments also came at a time when it was seeking to mollify Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress in the wake of Congress and TC parting ways in the upcoming Kolkata Municipal elections. Trinamool Congress is the second largest party in the UPA after Congress, which is pinning its hopes on capturing power in the Left-ruled West Bengal in alliance with the party. Tewari lamented that in the last one year of the UPA government, the "opportunistic anti-Congress" alliance has compromised secularism. "One salient political facet in last one year has been an opportunistic anti-Congress alliance in the ranks of the opposition. Like in the 70s and 80s, ideologically opposed political formations are entering into various political deals," he said. Giving the example of the reactions after the explosions allegedly carried out by some right wing outfits and on the activities of organisations like the Sriram Sene recently, Tewari said except for the Congress, the condemnation by the so-called secular parties has been "extremely muted".
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