Congress should apologise for ‘Hindu terror’ charge: Shah

TIL Desk/National/Bengaluru/ Accusing the Congress party of indulging in vote bank politics, BJP national President Amit Shah has asked Rahul Gandhi to apologise to Hindus for labelling them ‘terrorists’.

“In pursuit of vote bank politics, the Congress popularised ‘Hindu Terror’ and tried to implicate some Hindu activists in the Meccas Masjid blast case in Hyderabad over a decade ago, though a NIA court acquitted them,” said Shah at an event here.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Hyderabad on Monday acquitted all the five Hindu activists, including Swamy Aseemanand who were accused of triggering a bomb blast in the mosque that killed nine worshippers near the iconic Charminar on May 18, 2007.

“The Congress also tried to substantiate its charge by foisting false cases against Hindus and pressurising investigating agencies to implicate them in the blast case.

“Congress leaders, including P. Chidambaram, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Digvijay Singh carried out ‘Hindu Terror’ campaign and tried to defame Hindus within and outside the country to appease a section of society,” recalled Shah.