Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) shares Bharatiya Janata Party's ideology of hatred and divisiveness. In the first direct and bitter attack on the former ally of Congress, Gandhi said both the parties have the same ideology and thinking. Gandhi was addressing a public meeting to mark Rajiv Sadbhavana Yatra at the historic Charminar here on Saturday night. Speaking in the old city of Hyderabad, the bastion of MIM, he spared no words to target the party.

The Congress president said for the first time in India's history, a prime minister and his followers were engaged in spreading hatred and working to divide the country. He said a Dalits, tribals, Muslims, women and other weaker sections were living in fear across the country due to the ideology of hatred. He said the country was witnessing a fight between two ideologies. Stating that Congress believes in unity and wants to carry all people with it, Gandhi said it was fighting against the forces which are spreading hatred.