Hyderabad, April 26 -- Congress candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha segment Sameer Waliullah accused both AIMIM and BJP of using communal politics as a shield to cover up the backwardness in Hyderabad.

Addressing the media at the party's central election office of Hyderabad Lok Sabha segment at Chaderghat on Friday, Sameer alleged that both AIMIM and BJP were trying to polarise the election campaign in Hyderabad.

Sameer said the people were frustrated with the Hindu-Muslim rhetoric of both the parties, which has brought no development to Hyderabad.

"Both parties are demonising each other to make people vote out of fear," he said, opining that both the parties needed to explain what they did for the overall development of Hyderabad in th...