In the light of former Home Secretary GK Pillai’s “revelation” on the Ishrat Jahan case, the BJP on Sunday demanded a thorough probe into the alleged change of affidavits during the UPA rule in the case and accused former Home Minister P Chidambaram of trying to save “terrorists”.

The BJP also accused the Congress of siding with “anti-national” forces “who are out to break the nation” and asked its leaders Rahul Gandhi and P Chidambaram whether they had any sympathy for the country that gave them everything.

“Former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is caught in a separate (issue), what I believe is going to be a scandal. As the former Home Secretary has revealed, Ishrat’s name and connection with leT were deliberately removed from the Government report.

“On behalf of the party, I hope and wish there is a formal enquiry which fully establishes the truth. I feel there should be a thorough probe as to what really had happened and the truth should come out,” BJP spokesperson MJ Akbar said.

He charged Chidambaram with “saving” the terrorists, and said he was trying to “save” Afzal Guru, Parliament attack convict already hanged, even today.

He alleged that the Minister was trying to save an accused by changing his own Government’s report and “there is a lot of anger in the country”.

“What game are you playingIJ What fire are you playing withIJ Are you not with the country that gave you everythingIJ Don’t you have any sympathy with the country that gave you everything, the country of which you have remained Home Minister and Finance MinisterIJ” he asked while referring to former Home Secretary GK Pillai’s remarks.

The BJP leader also attacked the Congress vice-president, asking whether he has “no sympathy with the country of which you want to become a leader one day.”

Quizzed about the timing of Pillai’s remarks on Ishrat case and if he was siding with BJP, Akbar said “Pillai is not supporting us, he is only supporting the truth. As a Home Secretary, he was in the know of everything and an eyewitness. He said the leT connection of Ishrat was removed from the affidavit.”

Meanwhile, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said, “It’s a tragedy for India that the Congress is proved to be a sympathetic party of the terrorists and separatists.”