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Why BJP
leaders met PM on Malegaon blast case, asks Digvijay Singh
Sunday December 12, 2010 10:24:40 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Sunday said he never
blamed right-wing groups for the killing of Maharashtra
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare but alleged
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders had met the prime minister on the
Malegaon attack case, even as the BJP demanded an apology from the
Congress for the remarks.
"I want to ask (senior BJP leaders L.K.) Advaniji and Rajnathji
(Singh) why they went to meet the prime minister after Sadhvi
Pragya was arrested after the Malegaon blast. Why did Rajnathji go
to the jail to meet her. BJP has to answer these questions," Singh
said.
Asserting that he had never questioned involvement of Pakistani
elements in 26/11 Mumbai strike, Singh said he also never said
that Karkare was killed by Hindu right-wing activists.
"But, it is a fact that I am on record saying that he (Karkare)
was being threatened by some right-wing activists."
The BJP sought an aplogy from the Congress over Singh's remarks.
"The Congress has to decide... How can the party dissociate itself
from remarks of its general secretary. The Congress deliberately
asks him to give such statements and then retracts," party
spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain said.
"We demand that the Congress seek forgiveness from the country,"
he said.
The Congress kept its distance from Singh's remarks.
Party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said that the conversation between
Singh and Karkare was between "two individuals".
"It is not a policy issue," he said.
Singh had said Friday that about two hours before the attacks in
Mumbai started, Karkare had told him over phone that he was
depressed by threats from people annoyed by his investigations in
the Malegaon blasts.
Karkare's wife Kavita had slammed his statement, saying that
political parties should stop playing politics around the
sacrifice of martyrs.
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