New Delhi: The newly appointed President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday lashed out at Congress Party and its home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for relating his party to terrorism.
Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had accused the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday of promoting Hindu terrorism, which in turn was responsible for the fatal bombings of the Samjhauta Express among other Muslim targets.
Rajnath Singh said that he was assuming his duties with a sense of responsibility. He declared that the BJP will hold countrywide protests from Thursday against home minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s “Hindu terror” remarks.
“Protests and rallies would be held and effigies representing the UPA government would be burnt by party workers to register their protest,” the BJP’s newly installed president said.
“The recent statement of Shinde shows the government is not serious in its fight against terrorism,” Rajnath Singh said, addressing party workers here.
“Just for vote bank politics, they are poisoning the atmosphere of the nation with communalism. We condemn the statement,” he said.
His comments were countered by senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who said: “Rajnath Singh should say why he met Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Purohit in jail, who were arrested in terror activities.”
Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Pragya Singh Thakur have been accused of orchestrating the Malegaon blasts of 2008.
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