The Congress on Friday attacked the NDA Government over the NIA decision to drop all charges against Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and five others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, alleging it was trying to save people belonging to RSS involved in terror activities.
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh also accused the Modi Government of pressuring officers of National Investigating Agency (NIA) to save certain people involved in the blasts that killed seven people in the twin blasts in Malegaon in Maharashtra. “Was the DG of NIA given extension for thisIJ” he asked.
“I will like to tell the Central Government that we know that you want to save them (activists of Hindu right-wing groups). We know that your relations are with all these people involved in terrorism-related activities,” Singh said.
“This is my accusation on Prime Minister, Union Home Minister and the Union Cabinet who are trying to save the people belonging to Sangh involved in terror activities by putting pressure on police officers and the NIA,” he said, adding, “As I had predicted BJP and RSS have started the process of saving the Sangh activists involved in terror cases.”
Singh also said it was deplorable that an honest and sincere officer like Hemant Karkare, who put his life in danger and fought against terrorists, is being accused of fabricating evidences.