Congress to blame for Modi's rise: Muslim group

Aligarh, Oct 31: The

is to blame for the rise and rise of

's prime ministerial candidate

, a Muslim group said.

Razaullah Khan, president of the Forum for Muslim Studies and Analysis (FMSA), said at a gathering here that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was issuing "childish and immature" statements.

This includes, he said, Gandhi's widely criticized statement that the Pakistani intelligence had got in touch with victims of the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

"A political vacuum has been created in the Congress due to the immature statements by its top leadership," he said. "(This) has resulted in the rise of Narendra Modi."

IANS