BJP keeps ‘close links’ with people caught in terror activities: Congress
India Today
The Congress Party slammed the BJP on Saturday, claiming that the latter maintains "close ties" with people involved in terror activities.
Senior Congress leaders on Saturday attacked the BJP, accusing it of maintaining ‘close links’ with individuals caught in terror activities.
Citing several instances that allegedly revealed the saffron party’s “connection” with terrorists, Congress leaders in at least three cities in eastern India wondered how the saffron camp preach nationalism to citizens.
“The Congress does not believe in playing politics over serious national issues like terrorism,” party MP Ranjeet Ranjan said, addressing a press conference in Guwahati.
In Patna, senior Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam claimed that Riaz Attari, the prime accused in killing the Udaipur tailor, was also a BJP member. The case is being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Congress leader Wing Commander Anuma Acharya (retd) alleged in Bhubaneswar that Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Talib Hussain Shah, who had been captured by people and was later arrested, was a BJP office-bearer in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Congress held press conferences in 23 cities across the country alleging that the BJP's nationalism claims are fake.
Hitting back at the Congress, the BJP in New Delhi cited various past incidents to allege that the grand old party can join hands with even terrorists to be in power.
