BJP says sack Shinde, ‘has helped Pak cause’

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Express news service :New Delhi, Jan 22 2013, 03:02 IST

The BJP Monday demanded that Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde be sacked for his remarks suggesting that the BJP and RSS are running Hindu terror camps, saying this had provided Pakistan another opportunity to deny its role in terror cases.

The minister was free to take action against the “terrorists” behind the Samjhauta Express blasts but had no right to “insult” India’s spiritual heritage, the party said.

“The BJP strongly condemns the malicious, baseless comments. They are a downright insult of the spiritual, civilisational heritage of India. If there were terrorists behind the bombings in Samjhauta, the government is free to take action against them. If some former swayamsevak of the Sangh Parivar was involved, please act against them. But you cannot tarnish the image of a nationalist organisation... The BJP will not tolerate this repeated insult of Hindu and saffron traditions of India. Shinde must be sacked. The Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi must tender unconditional apology,” BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a press conference.

Accusing the Congress of playing vote bank politics as well as playing into Pakistan’s hands, Prasad added: “The way politics is being played, the happiest would be Pakistan... They (Pakistan) will say: look at saffron Hindu terror, what your Home Minister is talking about.”

Earlier in the day, Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and alleged 26/11 attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed invoked the Samjhauta attack and Shinde’s remarks to claim that India has confessed to “terrorism infrastructure” on its soil and asked Pakistan to raise the issue in

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Kautiliya | 23-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

The UPA government has failed to control its PMs and Ministers and Higher Level Officers of the Police and Armed Forces. If I were the PM,I would have hauled Shinde on the mat and fired him with cause. I would fire any one who has not cleared the statement first from the PMs office. The right thing the PM can now do is to fire Shinde

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Sharat | 22-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

Now one can denied RSS, fomerly Jan Sangh is behind all the blast since independence. There is nothing like cross border terrorism. Existance of LeT, Al-Quida are in place not to promote terrorism but to counter RSS terrorist. India is a failed state instead of Pakistan. We have been told just the reverse since decades. Kasav was the brain child of RSS & relative of BJP's Muktaar Abaas Naqvi. Kashmiri Pandits are deprived of everything in their life since terrorism find its root in kashmir due to Jan Sangh. Army data says, Pakistan has violated ceasefire agreement 102 times since the agreement in force, that is 2004. Ulta Chor Koutwal ko Daante. Pakistan has the right to fire on the border post as indian govt is unsucessful controling its terrorist outfits to cross border. Vote only for Congress in the next general election schedule 2014. Atleast we can say we are more Italian instead of a failed state. Jai Hind, Jai Sonia G, Jai Rahul Ji, Jai ho Congress party

RSS is Communal

Naresh Chand | 22-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

What Shginde has said is not unknown< who killed Mahatma Gandhi, was not in influance of RSS. Is it not true RSS or Jan Sangh though not supported killing openly but in privet they always supported the killing Mahatam Gandhi Is not true That Sardar Patel, whome they now adore ordered Banning of RSS himself after killing of Mahatma Gandhi. These RSS man are spreading venom against minorities such as in 50 years Hindus will reduced to minority against Muslims creating fear among Hindu minds, it is far from facts as per census data. Are people belonging to RSS have not been found in terror activity, such as Samjhota Express, or Malegaon Blasts, many blasts took place in houses while making bombs, but RSS disown them as soon as they are caught by Police. So what Shinde said, is not wrong too, more over Rath yatra conducted by L.K. Advani resulted in communal clashes in the country. We should condemn them.