Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday accused the Congress of using terrorism for vote-bank politics and slammed its leader P Chidambaram for his comments on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
“Does Afzal Guru has religionIJ Terrorism has no religion. He is a terrorist. A terrorist is a terrorist. He has no language, no religion. But unfortunately, treating minorities as a vote bank. Congress is using even terrorism for vote bank politics,” he said.
He cited similar controversies like the Ishrat Jahan and Batla House encounters to target the Congress.
He referred to former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai’s statement that the controversial change in the Ishrat Jahan case affidavit was done at the “political level” to flay the Congress leader.
“These revelations clearly show the dirty politics of UPA and Congress party that they are ready to compromise even national security to continue their political vendetta against their rivals,” Naidu said.
