Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at a rally in Assam's Dergaon criticised the Congress party for what he believed was an attempt to grab power by forging an alliance with the All India United Democratic Front.
"What has happened to the Congress? When Tarun Gogoi was chief minister for 15 years, he never allied with the AIUDF. But today, they are with the AIUDF. Why? Is it only because of winning elections and grabbing power?" Singh said at Dergaon.
He also attacked the opposition party accusing it of dividing the country and the state in the name of religion.
"Politics should be done to build the country and society but politics of religion should not be done. We believe in justice for all, appeasement of none," he was quoted as saying by ANI.
"The BJP does not do the politics of religion. We are into the politics of humanity for humans," he added.
(With agency inputs)