New Delhi: Congress had again fumed the issue of communal riot of Gujarat and raked up the post- Godhra riots issue and demand Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apology over it.
Congress also questioned the commitment of BJP to fight terrorism and alleged it was wearing a “mask of nationalism”.
Congress while citing certain claims by former RAW chief AS Dulat including on the “goof up” in the IC-814 hijack in 1999 accused BJP of always compromising with terrorists and terrorism.
Party spokesman Ajoy Kumar launched a scathing attack on Modi, saying “Dulat says that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee believed that he lost the 2004 elections in view of the Gujarat riots…Bharat Ratna Vajpayee has clearly condemned …the shameful incidents of 2002.”
He also said that it was Vajpayee who had reminded “Chief Minster Modi to follow raj dharma”.
While talking to media, Kumar asked, “Will Narendra Modi respect the words of the Bharat Ratna and apologise to the country for 2002?”
The handling of the Gujarat at the time of 2002 Godhra riots by Narendra Modi has been at the centre of a controversy.
Kumar said the interview by former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has brought “certain disturbing facts” in the open including that the Vajpayee government was in “active communication” with the Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and even admitted his son to a medical course.
He alleged, “It shows the pseudo-nationalism of the BJP…. Whenever in power, it has compromised with terrorists and terrorism.”
He also said that Saluhaddin and his organisation were responsible for the killings of thousands in the country.
The Congress spokesperson also took attack on BJP on the issue of IC-814 hijack. He said that Dulat believed that the Crisis Management Group “failed miserably” and allowed the plane to leave Amritsar which led to the release of three dreaded terrorists.
He said that the tradeoff proved costly as the release of the three terrorists resulted in the killing of thousands of people with Masood Azhar leading the campaign of hate from Pakistan.
Bureau Report
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