Bhind (M. P.), Nov 24 : India''s two biggest political parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday continued lashing at each other as they campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections.

Addressing a public rally in Bhind District in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Sonia Gandhi slammed the BJP, the state incumbent, for its failure of fulfilling their promises as asking for an account from the ruling Congress party.

The move made by the Congress government in Maharashtra, in which they asked the manufacturing sector to reserve 80 per cent jobs for locals, was criticized by AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, just after one day of its announcement.

On Tuesday, Rahul said, “For me every citizen … should get equal opportunities throughout the length and breadth of country.”

When he was asked to give his take on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray’s anti-outsider campaign, he replied, “He is advocating regionalism, to which I’m strongly opposed.”

Terming the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as"wrong", Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said the perpetrators of the mindless violence should be brought to justice. Though Rahul admitted that "there was a tragedy in Punjab" - after the assassination of his grandmother and former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, who ordered Operation Bluestar - he rubbished all talk of Sikh aversion towards the Congress.

Terming the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as "wrong", Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said the perpetrators of the mindless violence should be brought to justice. Though Rahul admitted that "there was a tragedy in Punjab" - after the assassination of his grandmother and former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, who ordered Operation Bluestar - he rubbished all talk of Sikh aversion towards the Congress.