The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday demanded an Apex Court monitored SIT probe into the spy ring, recently busted in Madhya Pradesh, alleging that some accused arrested in the case were local BJP workers.
“Nobody knew that BJP, who had invited ISI to probe the Pathankot terror strike, was nurturing Pakistan agency agents in its own party,” Delhi labour Minister and party’s Madhya Pradesh affairs in-charge Gopal Rai told reporters here on Monday.
“This fact came to light, when the ISI espionage racket involved in snooping important Indian establishments was bared in MP. Efforts are on to cover-up the issue,” he alleged.
“It is surprising that such persons have entered your house and your party and you are not aware of it,” he said.
“The espionage is not an issue which is restricted to MP alone. This malady should be investigated in-depth. AAP demands a Supreme Court monitored SIT probe into the case,” he added.
Rai said BJP after coming to power at the Centre has portrayed “nationalist hypocrisy,” “Its slogans about patriotism had raised doubts since the beginning given that its founders had no connection with nationalism during the freedom struggle,” he added.
Replying to a query over AAP’s political ambitions in Madhya Pradesh he said that the AAP is a party of ideology, in MP the party will contest election on all 230 seats without projecting any face as the Chief Minister. “Aam Admi is the party’s face, we do not believe in promoting a single face as the party’s face in MP,” he added.
He claimed that the people of State want a change. The Congress has got the opportunity to become the face of people, but it lost the opportunity and now the AAP will be going to represent the people’s choice.
Notably, in a major breakthrough, the ATS on February 9 busted an international call racket that allegedly helped ISI agents to spy on India’s military operations. While, in January, the Uttar Pradesh ATS had arrested 11 people who were running a similar exchange.