Ahmedabad : A coat of saffron to bus stands in Gujarat has kicked up a row with Opposition Congress today seeing red.
The ruling BJP was accused by Congress of propagating its “communal ideology” through the hue, a charge denied by the state government, after the pick-up stands for state transport buses along the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar highway were painted in saffron.
“In the name of upgradation of GSRTC (Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation), the state government painted the pick-up stands with saffron colour, which is nothing but an attempt to demonstrate their (BJP)’s communal ideology,” Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said.
He said around 20 pick-up stands meant for state transport buses along the highway have been painted in saffron.
However, the government refuted the charge of spreading communal ideology, saying the saffron colour was chosen so that the stands could be visible in dark. The stands were earlier painted in red.
“We have decided to paint the pick-up stands of state transport buses, located along the highway, in saffron because it (the colour) could be visible in dark. There is no such communal thing as being alleged by Congress,” State Transport Minister Vijay Rupani said.
