TIL Desk/National/Bhubaneswar/ BJP president Amit Shah has lashed out at the Congress saying it has tried to defame the country across the world by raising the bogey of “Hindu terror”. Mr Shah also slammed the ruling BJD over corruption, and asserted that those involved in chit fund scam will be jailed within 90 days, if the party is voted to power in Odisha.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is not capable of countering Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and the country can be safe only under Narendra Modi’s leadership, he claimed. “Can Rahul baba protect India? He and his party have tried to defame the country across the world by raising the bogey of Hindu terror,” Mr Shah said.
The term “Hindu terror” was used by Congress leaders after the Samjhauta Express explosion in 2007 and the Malegaon mosque blast the next year. Addressing election meetings in Odisha’s Dhenkanal and Baramba, the BJP chief said many innocent sadhus had been jailed in the Samjhauta Express blast case as the Congress sought to raise the bogey of Hindu terror.
