Congress attacks BJP, charges it with being soft on terror
New Delhi, Nov 12: With the ATS investigations into the Malegaon blasts opening a Pandora’s box, the Congress on Wednesday stepped up attack on BJP charging it with being soft on terror.
The ruling party alleged that the BJP which was talking of “hot pursuit” outside the country, is now reluctant to pursuit terrorists even in the country and had become suddenly silent on the issue of terrorism.
Reacting to the statement of BJP president Rajnath Singh in which he accused the Congress-led UPA government of targeting Hindu religious leaders by linking them to incidents of bomb blasts, Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said the statement clearly indicated that the saffron party was “soft” on terror.
“These were the people who were talking of hot pursuit outside the international border. Now they do not even support it inside the country,” Ahmed said, accusing the BJP of having a soft corner for those who have come under the ATS scanner for their role in the Malegaon blast.
“The Sangh Parivar and the BJP is afraid that its secrets would be out,” said Ahmed, adding that in the last 15-20 days, the BJP neither asked for a tough law on terror nor did it accuse the UPA for being soft on terror as it had been doing earlier from all platforms.
The spokesman asked the BJP whether it was still in favour of the special law on terror (GUJCOCA) sent by the Gujarat government to the Centre or has diluted its stand following the revelations of the ATS probing the Malegaon blasts.
“The law should be sent back to Gujarat to get their view now,” Ahmed said, asking “Are they still concerned about this law as their own people are coming under the scanner?”
Bureau Report