New Delhi, April 26 -- The Congress on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief J P Nadda are resorting to polarisation as they are afraid they are going to lose this Lok Sabha election.

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh claimed that Nadda had presented former prime minister Manmohan Singh's comments in a wrong context only to polarise the election.

The party's reaction came after Nadda alleged that the Congress intends to snatch the rights of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to benefit Muslims.

The BJP chief also cited then-prime minister Manmohan Singh's 2006 statement in which he had reportedly said that minorities, especially Muslims, have the first right ...