Raipur: Congress Vice President Rahul
Gandhi Sunday said that the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh on a Congress convoy
was an attack on democracy. "This is not an attack on the Congress workers
or on the Congress party. It is an attack on the ideals of India, founded on
the bedrock of non-violence," said Rahul Gandhi.
"No force, howsoever brutal, can deter
us through violent means. Our nation shall never be deterred from working for
the welfare and well-being of all our people through peaceful, democratic and
constitutional means," added the Congress leader. Responding to a question
on the imposition of President's Rule in the state, the party vice president
said: "It is not time to do politics here. It's a very sad incident and we
all have to stand together."
A large number of Maoists Saturday attacked
a Congress party convoy, blocking its way with felled trees, setting off a
landmine blast and then opening fire in Sukma district. The attack left close
to 30 people dead and 25 injured.
Among the dead were Leader of Opposition in
the Chhattisgarh assembly Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh Patel, former leader
of opposition Mahendra Karma, Chhattisgarh Congress president Uday Mudaliyar
and former legislator from Rajnandgaon Gopichand Madhwani.
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