New Delhi: Enraged over the demonstration by Congress workers at its headquarters, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today (May 18, 2004) charged the Congress with resorting to "cheap tactics" and attempting to "create tension" in the country.

"Congress should find solutions to its internal problem on its own and not hold demonstrations outside offices of other political parties and trigger violence. This is an attempt to create tension and we condemn it," party spokesman Arun Jaitley told reporters in New Delhi, emerging from a meeting of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders at Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's residence.

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The demonstration near the BJP headquarters figured in the meeting of the NDA leaders and apprehensions were voiced that other NDA allies could become similar targets, NDA convener George Fernandes said.