Describing Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s claim as “baseless”, BJP Friday asserted that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had never met Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, the 2008 Malegaon blast accused.
“Rajnath Singh never met Pragya Thakur. It is a baseless claim. BJP condemns Digvijay Singh for his comments,” BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said.
The Congress general secretary had made the charge earlier too and Rajnath had denied it.
Sharma also questioned the ‘silence” of Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, saying they should speak on this matter of national security.
“One can understand their silence on corruption involving its chief ministers in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand besides Aircel Maxis and chopper scams as they are themselves charged in National Herald case. But they should not be silent on this issue of national security,” he said.
“If in our country anybody directly or indirectly supports ISIS, then it amounts to betraying the country. Investigation agencies must take stringent action,” he said charging Congress with politicising and glorifying terrorism.