Dehradun, Nov. 6 -- Ahead of Uttarakhand's 26th Foundation Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP), accusing them of opposing the creation of the hill state and committing "atrocities" against its people during the statehood movement.

Addressing an event in Dehradun, Amit Shah paid homage to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his role in the movement.

"For years, the people of the hills struggled for the formation of Uttarakhand. However, the Samajwadi Party and the Congress-part of today's INDI alliance-committed numerous atrocities, even causing the deaths of our youth, all to prevent the state's creation," Shah said, highlighting events such as the R...